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Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968

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Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 and the enactments amending it, including so much of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 as provides an appeal from the Courts-Martial Appeal Court to the House of Lords.
Citation1968 c. 20
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent8 May 1968
Commencement1 September 1968[b]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Relates to
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to appeals from courts-martial in the United Kingdom.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 60 of the act repealed 10 enactments, listed in schedule 6 to the act.[2]

Enactments repealed by section 60
Citation Short title Extent of repeal
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 46 Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 Part I (that is to say, sections 1 to 27).
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 20 Revision of the Army and Air Force Acts (Transitional Provisions) Act 1955 In Schedule 2, paragraph 15(2) to (5).
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 52 Geneva Conventions Act 1957 Section 4(3).
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 53 Naval Discipline Act 1957 In Schedule 5, the entry relating to the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 65 Administration of Justice Act 1960 Section 10; in section 20(2) the words from the beginning to "such appeals"; Schedule 1 and so much of Schedule 3 as amends the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 52 Army and Air Force Act 1961 In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951.
1964 c. 43 Criminal Appeal Act 1964 Section 4; section 6(3) and, in section 6(5) the words "except so far as it relates to appeals from and retrials by courts-martial"; Schedule 1; and so much of Schedule 2 as amends the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951.
1964 c. 84 Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 In section 7, the references to the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 and Part III of Schedule 2 to the Act; and Part III of that Schedule.
1966 c. 31 Criminal Appeal Act 1966 Section 9(1); in section 12(2) the definition of "the 1951 Act"; section 12(4); in section 12(7) the words "appeals from, and"; and Part I of Schedule 1.
1967 c. 80 Criminal Justice Act 1967 In Schedule 4, paragraphs 16 to 19, 31, 32 and 40.

Subsequent developments

The Armed Forces Act 2006 made extensive amendments to the act, including substituting the heading of Part I (renamed "The Court Martial Appeal Court") and the heading of Part II (renamed "Appeals from the Court Martial"), reflecting the establishment of the Court Martial as a permanent standing court. Section 61(1) was also amended to provide that the act may be cited as the Court Martial Appeals Act 1968.[3]

Notes

  1. Section 61(1).
  2. Section 61(2). The Criminal Justice Act 1967 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1968 (SI 1968/325).

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