3.—In this Act—

F1[”Act of 1947” means the Courts of Justice Act 1947; ]

“the Act of 1954” means the Defence Act, 1954;

“the Court” means the Courts-Martial Appeal Court established by section 9;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Defence.

F1[”military judge”—

(a) means a military judge appointed under Chapter IVC of Part V of the Act of 1954, and

(b) in relation to the performance of the functions of a military judge under this Act or any instrument made under it, where a temporary designation of a Circuit Judge to carry out the functions of a military judge has been made under section 11A of the Act of 1947, references to the performance of such functions shall be construed in accordance with section 3A.]