Rule 27.7 Application of other rules about procedure in the Court of AppealI1

England and Wales

On an application under rule 27.4 (Application for order for retrial)—

(a)

the rules in Part 36 (Appeal to the Court of Appeal: general rules) apply with the necessary modifications;

(b)

rules 39.8, 39.9 and 39.10 (bail and bail conditions in the Court of Appeal) apply as if the references in those rules to appeal included references to an application under rule 27.4; and

(c)

rule 39.14 (Renewal or setting aside of order for retrial) applies as if the reference to section 7 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968^f1 were a reference to section 84 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003^f2 (Retrial).

[Note. See also the notes to the rules listed in this rule.

For the powers of the Court of Appeal that may be exercised by one judge of that court or by the Registrar, and for the right to renew an application for directions to a judge or to the Court of Appeal, see the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Retrial for Serious Offences) Order 2005^f3 and rule 36.5 (Renewing an application refused by a judge or the Registrar).

For rules governing applications for reporting restrictions, see Part 6. For rules governing proceedings in the Crown Court about bail, see Part 14.]

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Rule 27.7 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble

Footnotes

f1: 1968 c. 19; section 7 was amended by sections 43 and 170 of, and Schedule 16 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) and paragraph 44 of Schedule 36 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44).
f2: 2003 c. 44.
f3: S.I. 2005/679.