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Armed Forces Bill

I understood the noble and learned Lord to say that under the present arrangements where there is dual jurisdiction it is left to the chief of police to decide whether to takethe matter on a civil basis or whether to refer it to the military authorities for a court martial. Those are the circumstances that I am thinking about. Let us suppose that the chief of police says, ““This murder charge, although it was committed in the United Kingdom, involves a victim who was a serviceman and therefore it should be by court martial””. Will the potential defendant have the opportunity of making representations to the Attorney-General that it should be a civil trial?