Court Martial and Defence Force Magistrate Rules
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3 Interpretation
In these Rules, unless the contrary intention appears:
arraign, in relation to an accused person at a trial by a court martial or Defence Force magistrate, means reading a charge to the person, calling upon the person to plead to the charge and recording the person’s plea to the charge.
authorized member of the Defence Force has the same meaning as in section 87 of the Act.
recorder means a person who records the spoken word, whether by longhand, shorthand, or mechanical or other means and includes a person who operates or transcribes mechanical or other recordings of the spoken word.
serious service offence has the same meaning as in Part VI of the Act.