Defence (Amendment) Act 2007

Chapter 3

Investigation and Summary Disposal of Charges, Appeals to Summary Court-martial and Remands for Court-martial

Insertion of new section: scheduled offences.

20.— (1) The following section is inserted after section 176 of the Principal Act:

“Scheduled offences.

176A.— An offence of a disciplinary nature under any of the provisions of this Act specified in the Eleventh Schedule to this Act shall be a scheduled offence for the purposes of this Part of this Act.”.

(2) The Schedule set out in Schedule 5 is inserted after the Tenth Schedule to the Principal Act.