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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND


2006 No. 11

SUPREME COURT, NORTHERN IRELAND

The Criminal Appeal (Retrial for Serious Offences) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006

  Made 19th January 2006 
  To be laid before Parliament
  Coming into operation 13th February 2006 

The Northern Ireland Supreme Court Rules Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 55 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978[1] and section 93 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003[2]. The Lord Chancellor has concurred in the making of these Rules.

Citation and commencement
     1. These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Appeal (Retrial for Serious Offences) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 13th February 2006.

Amendment to the Criminal Appeal (Retrial for Serious Offences) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005[
3]
     2. —(1) After rule 8, there shall be inserted the following new rules:

    " Applications which may be heard by the proper officer
        
    8A. —(1) The following applications may be heard by the proper officer, namely—

      (a) an application for an order for the production of any document, exhibit or thing under section 80(6)(a) of the 2003 Act;

      (b) an application for an order for any witness who would be a compellable witness in proceedings pursuant to an order or declaration made on the application to attend for examination and be examined before the Court under section 80(6)(b) of the 2003 Act;

      (c) an application to extend the time for service of the response by the acquitted person under rule 4(2).

        (2) As soon as practicable after the proper officer determines an application referred to in paragraph (1), he shall serve notice of his decision in Form 4A on every party to the section 76 application.

        (3) Where the proper officer has refused an application referred to in paragraph (1), the applicant may have the application determined by a single judge of the Court by serving notice of renewal in Form 4A on the proper officer within 14 days from the date on which notice of the refusal was served on him, or such longer period as the single judge of the Court may fix.

    Applications which may be heard by a single judge
        
    8B. —(1) The following applications may be heard by a single judge of the Court—

      (a) an application for an order for the production of any document, exhibit or thing under section 80(6)(a) of the 2003 Act;

      (b) an application for an order for any witness who would be a compellable witness in proceedings pursuant to an order or declaration made on the application to attend for examination and be examined before the Court under section 80(6)(b) of the 2003 Act; and

      (c) an application to extend the time for service of the response by the acquitted person under rule 4(2); and

      (d) an application to delay the requirement for service on the acquitted person of an application for restrictions on publication under rules 7(2) and 8(3).

        (2) A single judge of the Court shall, for the purpose of hearing any of the applications referred to in paragraph (1), sit in such place as he appoints and may sit otherwise than in open court.

        (3) Where a single judge of the Court determines an application set out in paragraph (1), the proper officer shall, as soon as practicable, serve notice of the Judge's decision in Form 4A on every party to the section 76 application.

    Determination by full Court
        
    8C. —(1) Where a single judge of the Court has refused an application referred to in rule 8B, the applicant may have the application determined by the Court by serving a notice of renewal in Form 4A on the proper officer within 14 days from the date on which notice of the refusal was served on him, or such longer period as the single judge of the Court may fix.

        (2) If an application under paragraph (1) is not served within the prescribed period, or such extended period as the single judge of the Court has allowed, the application shall be treated as having been refused by the Court."

    (2) The Schedule shall be amended by inserting after Form 4, the new Form 4A in the Schedule to these Rules.


Brian Kerr

J M Nicholson

Anthony Campbell

Paul Girvan

Dated 16th December 2005



Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor



I concur


Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

Dated 19th January 2006



SCHEDULE
Rule 2(2)



    " FORM 4A

    Rules 8A to 8C

    DETERMINATION BY THE PROPER OFFICER OR A SINGLE JUDGE [AND NOTICE OF RENEWAL]

    (Sections 80 and 82 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)



    PART A



    Details required Notes
         1. Details of the applicant

    Name:

    Address:

    If you are in custody, please give your prison number and the address of the establishment in which you are detained:

              
    ORDER BY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

         2. Application considered

              
    □ Application for the production of any documents, exhibit or other thing. Section 80(6)(a)
    □ Application for a witness to attend for examination and be examined before the Court. Section 80(6)(b)
    □ Application for extension of time for service of acquitted person's response. Rule 4(2)
    □ Application to delay the requirement for service on the acquitted person of an application for restrictions on publication. Rules 7(2) and 8(3)
    (tick where appropraite)           
         3. Decision:

    If an application has been refused, it may be renewed for consideration by a single judge (if the decision was made by the proper officer) or by the Court (if the decision was made by a single judge of the Court).

    The applicant must fill in Part B of this form and return it to the proper officer.


    Dated this            day of            20          .

    Master (Queen's Bench and Appeals) (the proper officer)



    PART B

    NOTICE OF RENEWAL

    To the Master (Queen's Bench and Appeals) (the proper officer),

    Appeals and Lists Office

    Court of Appeal,

    Royal Courts of Justice,

    Belfast

    BT1 3JF

         4. Notice of Renewal:

              
    The following application(s) are renewed: Applicants must use this section for the renewal of applications.
    The date that this form was delivered to the applicant: An application not renewed in time will be treated as if it were refused by the full Court.
               Notice of the renewal must be served on the proper officer within 14 days of the date on which notice of the decision was served on the party making the application, unless a longer period has been specified.

    Dated this            day of            20          .

    Applicant

    [Solicitor for Applicant]"



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Rules)


These Rules amend the Criminal Appeal (Retrial for Serious Offences) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005—

    • to prescribe those applications which may be heard by the proper officer;

    • to prescribe those applications which may be heard by a single Judge of the Court of Appeal; and

    • to provide that where the proper officer or, as the case may be, a single judge of the Court has refused an application, the party may renew the application to a single judge of the Court of Appeal or, as the case may be, the full Court.


Notes:

[1] 1978 c. 23back

[2] 2003 c. 44back

[3] S.R. 2005 No. 158back



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