Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00453:clause:1_129b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00453
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 129B
Character Range: 32005–32716

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.