Armed Forces Discipline Rules of Procedure Amendment Rules 2003
Armed Forces Discipline Rules of Procedure Amendment Rules 2003
Armed Forces Discipline Rules of Procedure Amendment Rules 2003: revoked, on 1 July 2009, pursuant to rule 164 of the Armed Forces Discipline Rules of Procedure 2008 (SR 2008/237).
Armed Forces Discipline Rules of Procedure Amendment Rules 2003
Reprint
as at 1 July 2009
Armed Forces Discipline Rules of Procedure Amendment Rules 2003
(SR 2003/175)
Armed Forces Discipline Rules of Procedure Amendment Rules 2003: revoked, on 1 July 2009, pursuant to rule 164 of the Armed Forces Discipline Rules of Procedure 2008 (SR 2008/237).
Note
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
These rules are administered by the New Zealand Defence Force.
Pursuant to section 150 of the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following rules.
1 Title
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(1) These rules are the Armed Forces Discipline Rules of Procedure Amendment Rules 2003.
(2) In these rules, the Armed Forces Discipline Rules of Procedure 19831 are called
“the principal rules”
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2 Commencement
These rules come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.
3 Qualifications of judge advocate
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(1) Rule 62 of the principal rules is amended by revoking subclause (1), and substituting the following subclause:
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“(1) At any court-martial in New Zealand, the person appointed to be the judge advocate must be—
“(a) a barrister or solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand who has held a practising certificate as such for not less than 5 years; or
“(b) a District Court Judge.”
(2) Rule 62(2) of the principal rules is amended by adding the word
“; or”
and also by adding the following paragraph:“(d) a District Court Judge.”
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Marie Shroff,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the rules, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These rules, which come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette, amend the Armed Forces Discipline Rules of Procedure 1983.
The amendments permit a District Court Judge to be appointed as the judge advocate at any court-martial, whether held in New Zealand or overseas.
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
Date of notification in Gazette: 31 July 2003.
Contents
1General
2About this eprint
3List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)
Notes
1 General
This is an eprint of the Armed Forces Discipline Rules of Procedure Amendment Rules 2003. It incorporates all the amendments to the rules as at 1 July 2009. The list of amendments at the end of these notes specifies all the amendments incorporated into this eprint since 3 September 2007. Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions are also included, after the Principal enactment, in chronological order.
2 About this eprint
This eprint has not been officialised. For more information about officialisation, please see
“Making online legislation official”
under“Status of legislation on this site”
in the About section of this website.
3 List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)
Armed Forces Discipline Rules of Procedure 2008 (SR 2008/237): rule 164
1 SR 1983/236