Series
Privy Council: Registers (Papers and Digital Files)
Catalogue reference: PC 2
Date: 1540-2022
This series contains the register of the Privy Council, comprising the minutes of its proceedings, its orders, certain proclamations and the...
Department
Records of Standing Civilian Courts
Catalogue reference: ER
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Records of the Standing Civilian Courts relating to the trial overseas of civilians working in the armed services.Case files are in ER 1
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ER
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of Standing Civilian Courts
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1977-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Standing Civilian Courts relating to the trial overseas of civilians working in the armed services.
Case files are in ER 1
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Other records of the Judge Advocate General with an explanation of his/her functions are in
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Standing Civilian Courts, 1977-1977
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1977 Lord Chancellor's Department
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Standing Civilian Courts were established by the Standing Civilian Courts and Standing Civilian Courts (Areas) Orders, 1977, for the trial overseas of civilians working in the armed services to whom the Army Act 1955, or the Air Force Act 1955 applies. They fall within the jurisdiction of the Judge Advocate General.
The Secretary of State for Defence exercised his power under the 1976 Act by the Standing Civilian Courts and Standing Civilian Courts (Areas) Order, 1977 (S.I. 1977/88 and 89), with the approval of the Lord Chancellor establishing courts in two areas, namely in the Federal Republic of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, and in Berlin.
The Lord Chancellor appoints assistants to the Judge Advocate General to sit as magistrates in the Standing Civilian Courts. The magistrates hear charges brought against civilians under the Army or Air Force Acts 1955 according to procedures laid down by S.I. 1977/88.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C110/
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