The Armed Forces Act 2001 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2002
This Order brings into force on 28th February 2002 the provisions of the Armed Forces Act 2001 (“the Act”) referred to in article 2. The provisions brought into force relate to the summary trial of officers, the powers of the prosecuting authority, the abolition of naval disciplinary courts, the eligibility of warrant officers for membership of courts-martial, the restriction of judicial review of courts-martial, offences in relation to courts-martial and permitting summary trial in the Royal Navy of offences of failure to provide a sample for compulsory drug testing. The transitional provision in article 3 provides that section 23 of the Act, which restricts judicial review of courts-martial, does not apply to cases in which the prosecuting authority has given notification of any charge preferred for court-martial trial, or in respect of an appeal from a Standing Civilian Court of any charge which is to be the subject of the appeal, before 28th February.