{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1960/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/8-9/65",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Justice Act 1960",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1960",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application for leave to appeal.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, an application to the court below for leave to appeal shall be made within the period of fourteen 28 days beginning with the date of the decision of that court relevant date; and an application to the Supreme Court for such leave shall be made within the period of fourteen 28 days beginning with the date on which the application is refused by the court below.\n(1A) In subsection (1), “the relevant date” means—\n(a) the date of the decision of the court below, or\n(b) if later, the date on which that court gives reasons for its decision.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) ... The Supreme Court or the court below may, upon application made at any time by the defendant, extend the time within which an application may be made by him to the Supreme Court or the court below under subsection (1) of this section.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 1–5 repealed (N.I.) (with saving) by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23), Sch. 6 para. 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 88(1)(2)(a), 110(1); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 88(1)(2)(b), 110(1); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 2 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 13(3)(a); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 88(1)(2)(a), 110(1); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 1(1A) inserted (E.W.) (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 88(3), 110(1); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 2(2) repealed by Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19), s. 55(3), Sch. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(3) repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 111, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 2 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 13(3)(b); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/8-9/65/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:10:49.367524+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}