Proof by written statement
The reference in rule 75(1)(b) to a person subject to service law or a civilian subject to service discipline is to be read, in relation to a statement made before commencement, as a reference to a person who at the time of making the statement was a person mentioned in section 99A(2)(b) of AA 1955.
Evidence of enlistment or entry for service
(1) In rule 83, references to an enlistment paper used to enlist a person in accordance with regulations made under section 328 include— (a) an attestation paper within the meaning of AA 1955 or AFA 1955; and (b) a copy of Royal Navy Form S3049 (Notice Form for Entry/Re-Entry into Naval Service) signed by a person on being entered for service in the Royal Navy. (2) In relation to a document purporting to be a copy of Royal Navy Form S3049, rule 83(1)(a) has effect as if for the word “enlisted” there were substituted “ entered for service ” . (3) In rule 83(1)(b) the reference to a recruiting officer includes a recruiting officer within the meaning of Part 1 of AA 1955 or AFA 1955.
Documents signed by or on behalf of a person's commanding officer
In relation to a record or certificate purporting to have been signed before commencement, references in rules 85 and 87 to a person's commanding officer are to be read as references to his commanding officer within the meaning of Part 2 of the Armed Forces Act 2001 .
Special measures
(1) In Chapter 6 of Part 12, “ sexual offence ” includes an SDA civil offence as respects which the corresponding civil offence is— (a) an offence under Part 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003; (b) a relevant superseded offence, within the meaning of section 62 of the 1999 Act; (c) an offence of attempting or conspiring to commit, or inciting the commission of, an offence within paragraph (a) or (b) above; or (d) an offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 where the offence (or one of the offences) which the offender intended or believed would be committed is an offence under Part 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. (2) In this paragraph— “ SDA civil offence ” means an offence under section 70 of AA 1955 or AFA 1955 or section 42 of NDA 1957; “ the corresponding civil offence ”, in relation to an SDA civil offence, means— the act or omission constituting the SDA civil offence; or if that act or omission is not punishable by the law of England and Wales, the equivalent act done or omission made in England or Wales.
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