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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-mandatory-life-sentences-appeals-in-transitional-cases-order-2005/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2798",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Mandatory Life Sentences: Appeals in Transitional Cases) Order 2005",
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  "path": "article/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Disposal of groundless application for leave to appeal",
  "text": "If it appears to the Registrar that a notice of application for leave to appeal does not show any substantial ground of appeal, he may refer the application for leave to the Court for summary determination; and where the case is so referred the Court may, if they consider that the application for leave is frivolous or vexatious, and can be determined without adjourning it for a full hearing, dismiss the application for leave summarily, without calling on anyone to attend the hearing or to appear for the Crown thereon.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2798/article/4",
    "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."
}