Regulation 4 Application for leave to appealI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Leave to appeal to the Appeal Court must not be given except on an application made by or on behalf of the appellant and lodged, within the period specified in the Rules, with the registrar.

(2)

The application must—

(a)

be in the form specified by the Rules;

(b)

specify—

(i)

the grounds on which leave to appeal is sought, and

(ii)

such other particulars, if any, as may be specified in the Rules.

(3)

The Appeal Court may extend the period within which an application for leave to appeal must be lodged, whether that period has expired or not.

(4)

The Rules may provide that an application which is lodged with a person other than the registrar is to be treated for the purposes of paragraph (1) as having been lodged with the registrar.

(5)

A person other than the registrar with whom an application is lodged in accordance with the Rules must—

(a)

forward the application to the registrar with as much expedition as practicable, and

(b)

if it appears to the person practicable to do so, and in all the circumstances expedient, forward the particulars of the application to the registrar before the registrar receives the application, as will enable the registrar to prepare a copy of it.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 4 comes into force in accordance with reg. 1(2)