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Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
129BAppointment of members of courts martial
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129B Appointment of members of courts martial
(1) The Registrar must not appoint a person as:
(a) the President of a court martial; or
(b) a member or reserve member of a court martial; or
(c) a judge advocate of a court martial;
if the Registrar believes the person to be:
(d) biased or likely to be biased; or
(e) likely to be thought, on reasonable grounds, to be biased.
(2) The Registrar must not appoint a person as a judge advocate of a court martial unless the Judge Advocate General has nominated that person for that position.
(3) The appropriate service chief must make available, for the purposes of a court martial, a defence member who is appointed to be a member of that court martial.