# The Judicial Committee (Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules Order 2024, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order replaces the Judicial Committee (Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/224), and the Schedule to this Order contains new rules (the Judicial Committee (Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules 2024) to govern the practice and procedure to be followed in relation to appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
The new rules comprise 12 Parts and an Appendix.
Part 1—
sets out the scope of the Rules, the overriding objective to secure that the Judicial Committee is accessible, fair and efficient, and the duty of the Judicial Committee to interpret and apply these Rules with a view to securing that the Judicial Committee is accessible, fair and efficient and that unnecessary disputes over procedural matters are discouraged (rule 2);
makes provision for interpretation (rule 3).
Part 2—
makes provision for a new portal for filing and managing cases at the Judicial Committee electronically, establishes the concept of a “portal party” (a party who (or whose representative) has been granted access to the relevant case file on the portal for the purpose of taking part in the appeal) and a “non-portal party” (a party who (and whose representative) has not been granted access), and requires any party who is legally represented to be a portal party (rule 4);
provides for forms (rule 5); the Judicial Committee’s ability to vary time limits (rule 6); the methods of filing (rule 7) and service (rule 8) of documents by portal parties and non-portal parties; communication with the Judicial Committee via the portal (rule 9); the effect of non-compliance with the Rules (rule 10); and provision about procedural decisions, including enabling certain such decisions to be taken by a single member or the Registrar of the Judicial Committee without an oral hearing (rule 11).
Part 3 contains the rules governing applications for permission to appeal including provision for filing and issue of applications and for service of the application for portal parties and non-portal parties respectively (rules 12 to 14), objections and interventions in applications (rule 15 and 16) and how applications are considered (rules 17 and 18).
Part 4 contains the rules about commencement of, and preparation for, an appeal, providing for relevant time limits, the documents that are to be filed and the manner of filing and service of them by portal parties and non-portal parties respectively (rules 19-23); cross-appeals and interventions (rules 24-25); listing of the appeal (rule 26) and the record of the court below and the document bundles for the appeal hearing (rules 27-31).
Part 5 contains rules about the hearing and decision of appeals by the Judicial Committee.
Part 6 contains miscellaneous general provisions such as for the making of a procedural application, request for expedition, grouping of appeals, the hearing or withdrawal of appeals, changes in the interest, or legal representation, of parties, appointment of Advocates to the Judicial Committee and Assessors, the publication and disposal of documents, fees and orders for security for costs.
Part 7 contains provisions in relation to claims for, and the assessment of, costs and for the payment out of money paid in as security for costs.
Parts 8, 9 and 10 contain provision about three specific types of appeals to the Judicial Committee (appeals under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, appeals under the Brunei (Appeals) Act 1989 and appeals against Pastoral Schemes).
Part 11 contains provision about references to the Judicial Committee under section 4 of the Judicial Committee Act 1833.
Part 12 makes transitional provision for the Judicial Committee (Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules 2009 to continue to apply, notwithstanding their replacement by these Rules, in certain matters started before these Rules came into effect.
The Appendix sets out the fees to be taken in respect of proceedings before the Judicial Committee.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/997/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-committee-appellate-jurisdiction-rules-order-2024/note
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