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  "number": "15.12A",
  "heading": "Suspension of sentence under s.121A of the Act of 1995",
  "text": "–\n(1) Where under section 109(1) of the Act of 1995 a person lodges intimation of intention to appeal, any application for suspension of a relevant sentence under section 121A of that Act shall be made by petition to the High Court in Form 15.12A-A.\n(2) Where a convicted person or the prosecutor lodges a note of appeal in respect of an appeal under section 106(1)(b) to (e) or 108 of the Act of 1995, as the case may be, any application for suspension of a relevant sentence under section 121A of that Act shall be made by petition to the High Court in Form 15.12A-B.\n(3) A petition to the High Court under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be lodged with the Clerk of Justiciary.\n(4) The court shall grant or refuse any application under paragraph (1) or (2) within 7 days of the petition having been lodged as mentioned in paragraph (3).\n(5) Where the court grants an application under paragraph (1) or (2) the Clerk of Justiciary shall, if the sentencing court was the sheriff, send a certified copy of the order to the clerk of that court.\n(6) In any case where—\n(a) intimation of intention to appeal is lodged under section 109(1) of the Act of 1995; and\n(b) a relevant sentence is suspended under section 121A of that Act,\nbut no note of appeal is lodged under section 110 of that Act, the order suspending ad interim the relevant sentence shall be recalled with effect from the seventh day after the date on which the Clerk of Justiciary intimates that the appeal is deemed to have been abandoned.\n(7) In the application of section 121A of the Act of 1995 (suspension of certain sentences pending appeal) to a case in which leave to appeal has been refused under section 107 of that Act, the word “determined” in subsection (1) of the said section 121A shall be construed as meaning—\n(a) the fifteenth day after the date of intimation to the appellant or his solicitor and to the Crown Agent of refusal of leave under subsection (1)(b) of section 107 of that Act, unless the appellant applies to the High Court for leave to appeal; or\n(b) the seventh day after the date of intimation to the appellant or his solicitor and to the Crown Agent of the refusal of leave by the High Court under subsection (5)(b) of section 107 of that Act.",
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      "text": "Sch. 2 rule 15.12A inserted (1.8.1997) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 4) 1997 (S.I. 1997/1834), paras. 1(1), 2(2)"
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