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Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Appeal (Retrial for Serious Offences) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 18th April 2005.

(2)

In these Rules –

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

  • “the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

  • “the chief clerk” means the chief clerk of the Crown Court before which the acquitted person is to be retried;

  • “the proper officer” means the Master (Queen’s Bench and Appeals) and includes any other officer of the Supreme Court directed by the Lord Chief Justice to exercise the powers and duties of the Master (Queen’s Bench and Appeals); and

  • “section 76 application” means an application made by a prosecutor under section 76(1) or (2) of the 2003 Act.