Citation and commencement
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These Rules may be cited as the Summary Appeal Court (Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999) Rules 2015 and shall come into force on 16th November 2015.
The Summary Appeal Court (Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999) Rules 2015 PART 1 — General
Application
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These Rules apply to any proceedings before the Summary Appeal Court.
Interpretation
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(1) In these Rules— “the 1999 Act ” means the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999; “the 2006 Act ” means the Armed Forces Act 2006; “ SAC Rules ” means the Armed Forces (Summary Appeal Court) Rules 2009 ; “appeal proceedings” means proceedings under section 146 of the 2006 Act for the hearing of an appeal; “appellant” means a person bringing an appeal under section 141 of the 2006 Act; “ the Director ” means the Director of Service Prosecutions; “the judge advocate” means the judge advocate specified for the proceedings under section 142(3) of the 2006 Act; “legal representative” means a person appointed under rule 41 of the SAC Rules; “person concerned in the proceedings” means— in relation to an application in any proceedings for a direction under section 45(3), or an excepting direction under section 45(4) or (5), of the 1999 Act, a person falling within section 45(7) of that Act; in relation to an application in any proceedings for a reporting direction under section 45A(2), or an excepting direction under section 45A(10), of the 1999 Act, a person falling within section 45A(3) of that Act; in relation to an application in any proceedings for a reporting direction under section 46(2), or an excepting direction under section 46(9), of the 1999 Act, a witness falling within section 46(1) of that Act; “reporting direction” means, unless otherwise specified, a reporting direction under section 45A(2) or 46(2) of the 1999 Act. (2) A reference in these Rules to proceedings has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the SAC Rules. (3) A reference in these Rules to a party to any proceedings has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the SAC Rules.
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