Explanatory Notes

Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015

2015 CHAPTER 2

12 February 2015

Commentary on Sections

Part 3 – Courts and Tribunals

Juries and members of the Court Martial

Schedule 14: Members of the Court Martial

New Schedule 2A to the Armed Forces Act 2006: Offences relating to members of the Court Martial

Paragraph 9 of new Schedule 2A: Saving for contempt of court

573.Paragraph 9 of new Schedule 2A provides that paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 do not affect what constitutes contempt of court at common law nor what may be certified under section 311 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (jurisdiction of the Court Martial) (the service court’s power to refer a potential contempt to a civilian court which has the power to commit for contempt).