Article 28 Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005I1

Re-number rule 65.6(4) as rule 65.6(5);

Before rule 65.6(5), insert—

“(4)

Where the appellant wants to appeal or to refer a case to the House of Lords the court—

(a)

may decide without a hearing an application—

(i)

for permission to appeal or to refer a sentencing case, or

(ii)

to refer a point of law; but

(b)

must announce its decision on such an application at a hearing in public.”.