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The Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.
Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 PART 2 — Further amendments
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In section 50(2) (jurisdiction of the Court Martial: service offences), after paragraph (f) insert— (fa) an offence under paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 2A (offences committed by a lay member of the Court Martial); (fb) an offence under paragraph 5 of that Schedule (disclosing information about members' deliberations etc) committed by a person described in sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph;
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In section 51(3) (jurisdiction of the Service Civilian Court: excluded offences), after paragraph (c) insert— (ca) an offence under paragraph 2, 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2A (offences relating to members of the Court Martial);
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In section 373 (orders, regulations and rules), after subsection (1) insert— (1A) The powers conferred by paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 2A on the Lord Chancellor to make regulations are exercisable by statutory instrument.
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In Schedule 2 (offences required to be referred to a service police force or the Director of Service Prosecutions under sections 113 and 116), at the end insert— (14) An offence under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2A (lay member of the Court Martial engaging in prohibited conduct). (15) An offence under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2A (disclosing information about the deliberations of members of the Court Martial) committed by a person described in sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph.
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The reference in section 286(4) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (hearing by the Court Martial of appeals from Service Civilian Court) to Part 7 of that Act includes the provisions inserted in that Part by this Schedule.
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