{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968/rule-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968/rule-18.json",
  "legislation": "nisro/1968/218",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968",
  "path": "rule/18",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Determination by full Court",
  "text": "(1) Where a Judge of the Court has refused an application on the part of an appellant to exercise in his favour any of the powers referred to in section 4(2) of the Act, the appellant may have the application determined by the Court by serving a notice in Form 16 on the Registrar within 14 days, or such longer period as the Judge of the Court may fix, from the date on which notice of the refusal was served on him by the Registrar.\n(2) A notice under paragraph (1) of this rule shall be signed by the appellant, his counsel or solicitor, or by any other person authorised by the appellant.\n(3) Where a notice is signed otherwise than by the appellant, his counsel or solicitor, the Court may treat the notice as not constituting a notice for the purposes of this rule unless it is supported by a statement signed by the appellant that he has authorised the person in question to sign the notice on his behalf.\n(4) If the notice is not signed by the appellant and the appellant is in custody, the Registrar shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the notice, send a copy of it to the appellant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisro/1968/218/rule/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T13:33:01.429812+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."
}