| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make provision for the discipline of the Navy, and for other purposes connected with the Navy. |
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| Citation | 5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 53 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 July 1957 |
| Other legislation | |
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| Amended by | Armed Forces Act 1981 |
| Repealed by | Armed Forces Act 2006 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
TheNaval Discipline Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 53) was anAct of theParliament of the United Kingdom governingdiscipline in theRoyal Navy. It governedcourts-martial and criminal penalties for crimes committed byofficers andratings of the Royal Navy. It was substantially replaced at the end of 2008 by theArmed Forces Act 2006, which created a unified code ofmilitary law for all threeBritish Armed Forces. The whole Naval Discipline Act was repealed in October 2009.[1]
TheArmed Forces Act 1981 amended certain aspects of the Act; most notably, it abolished thedeath penalty for the crime ofespionage for the enemy on ships or in naval establishments.[2] TheHuman Rights Act 1998 abolished the death penalty for all other capital crimes under the Act.[3]
In 2004, courts martial in the Royal Navy were reformed by an order issued by the parliamentary Joint Committee onHuman Rights. The committee found that the appointment of serving naval officers asJudge Advocates, and their appointment by the Chief Naval Judge Advocate (also a serving officer), undermined the independence and impartiality of courts martial, thereby contraveninghuman rights legislation. The order instructed that all judge advocates should be appointed solely by theJudge Advocate of the Fleet, a civiliancircuit judge.[4]
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