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Court Martial Act 2007

Preliminary provisions relating to Court Martial - Preliminary

3: Purpose of this Act

You could also call this:

"This Act sets up a permanent Court Martial of New Zealand to deal with military law."

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The purpose of this Act is to set up a permanent court called the Court Martial of New Zealand. You will find that this court replaces the temporary courts-martial that were provided for under Part 6 of the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971. This Act also deals with what the Court Martial can do and gets rid of Part 6 of the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971.

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3Purpose of this Act

  1. The purpose of this Act is—

  2. to establish a permanent court of record, called the Court Martial of New Zealand, as a replacement for the ad hoc courts-martial provided for under Part 6 of the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971; and
    1. to provide for the Court Martial's jurisdiction and related matters; and
      1. to repeal Part 6 of the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971.