The Reserve Forces (Evidence in Proceedings before Civil Courts) Regulations 2009
Section 108 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (“the Act”), which was amended by paragraph 50 of Schedule 14 to the Armed Forces Act 2006 to create the vires for these regulations, provides that the Secretary of State may make provision with respect to evidence in proceedings for an offence under the Act before a civil court, namely, a magistrates’ court in England and Wales, a sheriff sitting as a court of summary jurisdiction in Scotland and a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland.