Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered RegulationsIn these Rules, unless the contrary intention appears:
"Act" means the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 .
"arraign" , in relation to an accused person at a trial, means reading a charge to the accused person, calling upon the accused person to plead to the charge, and recording the accused person's plea to the charge.
"assembled" , in relation to a military jury, means the assembly of military jurors at the date, time and place mentioned in a summons issued under rule 33.
"authorized member of the Defence Force" has the same meaning as in section 87 of the Act.
defending officer means:
(a) an officer or legal practitioner authorised by the Chief of the Defence Force as a defending officer in accordance with section 137 of the Act; or
(b) another person retained or instructed by an accused person as the accused person's defending officer.
"prosecuting officer" means an officer authorised as a prosecuting officer by the Director of Military Prosecutions.
"recorder" means a person who records the spoken word, by longhand, shorthand, mechanical or other means, and includes a person who operates or transcribes mechanical or other recordings of the spoken word.
"Registrar" has the meaning given by section 188FB of the Act.
Note Section 188FM of the Act provides that the Registrar may delegate any or all of his or her functions.
Note The following terms are defined in the Act:
(a) accused person -- subsection 3 (1);
(b) Australian Military Court -- section 114;
(c) Military Judge -- subsection 3 (1).