{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-mandatory-life-sentences-appeals-in-transitional-cases-order-2005/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-mandatory-life-sentences-appeals-in-transitional-cases-order-2005/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2798",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Mandatory Life Sentences: Appeals in Transitional Cases) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-mandatory-life-sentences-appeals-in-transitional-cases-order-2005",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Mandatory Life Sentence: Appeals in Transitional Cases) Order and shall come into force on 3rd November 2005.\n(2) In this Order—\n(a) “the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003;\n(b) “the Registrar” means the registrar of criminal appeals;\n(c) “appeal”, where used in Part 2 or Part 3 means appeal under that Part and “appellant”has a corresponding meaning and in Part 2 includes a person who has given notice of application for leave to appeal under paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 22 to the 2003 Act;\n(d) “the defendant” means the person who was the appellant before the Court of Appeal.\n(3) References to the Court of Appeal are to the criminal division of the Court of Appeal;\n(4) References to a single judge are to any judge of the Court of Appeal or of the High Court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2798/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:57.895373+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."
}