Defence (Amendment) Act 2011

Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act.

2.— Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting the following definition:

“ ‘Act of 1947’ means the Courts of Justice Act 1947 ;”, and

(b) by substituting the following definition for the definition of “military judge”—

“ ‘military judge’—

(a) means a military judge appointed under Chapter IVC of Part V of this Act, and

(b) in relation to the performance of the functions of a military judge under this Act or any statutory instrument made under it, where a temporary designation of a Circuit Judge to carry out such functions of a military judge has been made under section 11A of the Act of 1947, references to the performance of such functions shall be construed in accordance with section 184LA(3);”.