{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-act-1980/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-act-1980/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/47",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Right of appeal against conviction on indictment.",
  "text": "A person convicted on indictment may appeal to the Court of Appeal against his conviction—\n(a) with the leave of the Court; or\n(b) if , within 28 days from the date of the conviction, the judge of the court of trial grants a certificate that the case is fit for appeal.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 1 substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 35, s. 1(2); S.I. 1995/3061, art. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(b) inserted (14.7.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 47, 153(7)(8), Sch. 8 para. 15; S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1 para. 26 (subject to Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 1 excluded (27.8.1991) (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 24, SIF 39:1), ss. 10(6), 69(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 1 excluded (N.I.) (25.8.1996) by 1996 c. 22, ss. 11(6), 62(1) (with s. 62(2)) S. 1 excluded (N.I.) (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, ss. 75(8), 128 (with s. 113(1)); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 1 extended (11.3.2005) by Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (c. 2), s. 12(4)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 1 excluded (N.I.) (1.8.2007) by Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (c. 6), ss. 5(7), 53(4) (with s. 8(1)(3)); S.I. 2007/2045, art. 2(2)(3) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 1 extended (15.12.2011) by Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23), s. 31(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(2)(c) (with Sch. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 1 applied (12.2.2015) by Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c. 6), s. 52(5), Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 1 applied (20.12.2023) by National Security Act 2023 (c. 32), s. 100(1), Sch. 9 para. 4(2)(c) (with s. 97); S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/47/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:13.972942+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."
}