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Naval Discipline Act 1957

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133Definitions of officer, rating and superior officer

(1)In this Act " officer ", in relation to any of Her Majesty's naval forces, means a person of or above the rank of cadet, and in relation to any other forces means an officer of rank corresponding to the said rank or any superior rank.

(2)In this Act " rating " means a member of Her Majesty's naval forces of or below the rate of chief petty officer; and any reference in this Act to a rating, or to a rating of any particular rate, shall include a reference to a warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, marine, soldier or airman who is subject to this Act, or to any such warrant officer or non-commissioned officer of rank corresponding with that rate, as the case may be.

(3)In this Act " superior officer ", in relation to any person means an officer or a rating not below the rate of petty officer, who is of rank or rate higher than that person, or senior to that person in the same rank or rate.

(4)Any reference in this Act to a specific rank or rate in Her Majesty's naval forces includes a reference to any other rank or rate in those forces which is equivalent to that rank or rate.

(5)In this Act " corresponding rank " in relation to any rank or rate in any of Her Majesty's naval, military or air forces, means such rank or rate in any other of those forces as may be declared by Queen's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the time being in force to correspond therewith,

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