Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 Explanatory Notes

Section 76: Members of the Court Martial

554.Section 76 gives effect to Schedule 14 which amends Chapter 2 of Part 7 of the Armed Forces Act 2006, and inserts a new Schedule 2A into that Act. New Schedule 2A creates new service offences and one new civilian offence relating to lay members and other members of the Court Martial and their deliberations. These offences mirror the new civilian juror offences created in sections 71-74 of this Act, adapted for the purposes of the service justice system.

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