Commentary on Sections Paragraph 3 of new Schedule 2A: Sharing research with other lay members
563.Paragraph 3 of new Schedule 2A creates a new offence for a lay member intentionally to provide information to another lay member during the trial period if (a) the member contravened paragraph 2 of new Schedule 2A in the process of obtaining the information, and (b) the information has not been provided by the Court Martial in the course of the proceedings.
564.Paragraph 3(2) of new Schedule 2A defines information which has been provided to the Court Martial during the course of proceedings.
565.Paragraph 3(3) of new Schedule 2A sets out the penalty for an offence under this paragraph.