Rule 2 Interpretation

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “Act” means the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968;

• “appellant” means an appellant under Part II of the Act, including a person who has given notice of application for leave to appeal;

• “Court” means the Court of Criminal Appeal in Northern Ireland;

• “the Minister” means the Minister of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland;

• “a party interested” means the prosecutor, or the Chief or other Crown Solicitor, or the person convicted or any other person named in or immediately affected by any order made by the judge of the court of trial or a solicitor authorised to act on behalf of a party interested, as defined by this rule;

• “the Registrar” means the Registrar of the Court of Criminal Appeal and includes any other officer of the Supreme Court directed by the Lord Chief Justice to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Registrar under the Act;

• “recorded delivery” means delivery by the postal recorded delivery service;

• “shorthand” means any method of recording by means of symbols, other than longhand, where the recording is made by a person either by hand or by the use of a machine and shall include palantyping, stenotyping and speedwriting;

• “shorthand writer” means a person appointed by the Lord Chief Justice to take shorthand notes of criminal proceedings in a court of trial.

The Interpretation Act 1889^f1 shall apply to the interpretation of these rules as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament and as if these rules and the rules revoked by these rules were Acts of Parliament.