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Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
119Convening order
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119 Convening order
(1) The Registrar must, in an order convening a court martial:
(a) appoint:
(i) the President and the other members;
(ii) an adequate number of reserve members; and
(iii) the judge advocate; and
(b) fix, or provide for the fixing of, the time and place for the assembling of the court martial.
Note: The Registrar must not appoint a person as the judge advocate of a court martial unless the person has been nominated by the Judge Advocate General: see section 129B.
(2) At any time before a court martial assembles to try a charge, the Registrar may:
(a) vary the order convening the court martial; or
(b) make an order under subsection (1) convening a new court martial.