9(1)Section 82 (officers who are to act as commanding officers and appropriate superior authorities) shall be amended as follows.
(2)For subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(2)A person may act as appropriate superior authority in relation to a person charged with an offence if—
(a)he is an air officer, flag officer, general officer or brigadier, or
(b)where the Defence Council so direct, he is a group captain or a naval or military officer of corresponding rank.”
(3)Subsection (3) shall cease to have effect.