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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-court-martial-prosecution-appeals-order-2009/article-18",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111481455",
  "legislation_title": "The Court Martial (Prosecution Appeals) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-court-martial-prosecution-appeals-order-2009",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Notice of appeal or application for leave to appeal",
  "text": "(1) Subject to article 21, a written notice of appeal (where the judge advocate has granted leave) or a written notice of application for leave to appeal shall be served on—\n(a) the registrar;\n(b) the court administration officer;\n(c) the accused; and\n(d) any interested party.\n(2) The notice of appeal or application for leave to appeal must be served—\n(a) where the judge advocate has decided that the appeal should be expedited under article 5(1) and that decision has not been subsequently reversed, before 5.00 pm on the next court day; or\n(b) in any other case, within ten days of the day on which the Director informs the judge advocate that he intends to seek leave to appeal.\n(3) The Court Martial Appeal Court may extend the period for service under paragraph (2), either before or after it expires, on application by the Director.\n(4) A notice of appeal or, as the case may be, a notice of application for leave to appeal shall—\n(a) specify each ruling against which the Director wants to appeal;\n(b) identify each ground of appeal on which the Director relies, numbering them consecutively (if there is more than one) and concisely outlining each argument in support;\n(c) summarise the relevant facts;\n(d) identify any relevant authorities;\n(e) include or attach any application for the following, with reasons—\n(i) permission to appeal, if the Director needs the court’s permission;\n(ii) an extension of time within which to serve the appeal notice;\n(iii) expedition of the appeal, or revocation of a direction expediting the appeal;\n(f) include a list of those on whom the Director has served the appeal notice;\n(g) attach—\n(i) a transcript or note of each ruling against which the Director wants to appeal;\n(ii) all relevant skeleton arguments considered by the judge advocate;\n(iii) any written application for leave to appeal that the Director made to the judge advocate;\n(iv) a transcript or note of the decision by the judge advocate on any application for permission to appeal;\n(v) a transcript or note of the decision by the judge advocate on any request to expedite the appeal; and\n(vi) any other document or thing that the Director thinks the court will need to decide the appeal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111481455/article/18",
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  },
  "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."
}