{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-act-1968/section-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-act-1968/section-45.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/19",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Appeal Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-act-1968",
  "path": "section/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Construction of references in Parts I and II to Court of Appeal and a single judge.",
  "text": "(1) References in Parts I and II and sections 44A and 51 of this Act to the Court of Appeal shall be construed as references to the criminal division of the Court.\n(2) The references in sections 23A, 31 to 31C, 44 and 44A of this Act to a single judge are to any judge of the Court of Appeal or ... the High Court.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 45(1) and sidenote substituted by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54), Sch. 5 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(1) inserted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 35, s. 29(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(5)(a); S.I. 1995/3061, art. 3(d)(h) (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(1) substituted (1.9.2004) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 36 para. 89(a); S.I. 2004/1629, art. 3(1)(2)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 45(2) inserted (1.9.2004) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 36 para. 89(b); S.I. 2004/1629, art. 3(1)(2)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 45 substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 128; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(2) substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 35, s. 29(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(5)(b); S.I. 1995/3061, art. 3(d)(h) (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1970 (c. 31), Sch. 11"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/19/section/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:31.036600+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."
}