170Powers of courts-martial etc. to issue warrants of arrest in respect of witnesses
(1)Section 25 of the Armed Forces Act 2001 (c. 19) (powers to compel attendance of witnesses) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1) (which inserts a new section 101A in the Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18)), in subsection (1) of the new section 101A, for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)that it is in the interests of justice that the person should attend to give evidence or to produce the document or other thing, and”.
(3)In subsection (2) (which inserts a new section 101A in the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19)), in subsection (1) of the new section 101A, for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)that it is in the interests of justice that the person should attend to give evidence or to produce the document or other thing, and”.
(4)In subsection (3) (which inserts a new section 65A in the Naval Discipline Act 1957), in subsection (1) of the new section 65A, for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)that it is in the interests of justice that the person should attend to give evidence or to produce the document or other thing, and”.