# The Judicial Committee (Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules Order 2024, Paragraph 3: Interpretation


(1) In these Rules—
“agent” means a legal representative or other person qualified to conduct proceedings before the Judicial Committee;
“appellant” includes a party who files an application for permission to appeal or who files a notice of appeal;
“business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, in England and Wales;
“certificate of service” means a certificate given under rule 8(5);
“certificate of value” means a certificate in which the appellant states—
(a) the sum of money or the amount of damages the appellant is claiming;
(b) the sum of money or the amount of damages the appellant has been awarded;
(c) the value of the land or property which is the subject of the appeal; or
(d) whether the monetary value of the relief the appellant is seeking is—
(i) not more than GBP£100,000,
(ii) more than GBP£100,000 but not more than GBP£500,000, or
(iii) more than GBP£500,000.
When calculating the amount or value to be specified in a certificate of value, an appellant must disregard any possibility that interest or costs may be recovered.
“counsel” includes any person with the right to be heard as an advocate at a full hearing before the Judicial Committee whether because they have a right to be heard in the courts from which the appeal came or because they have a right to be heard in a senior court in the United Kingdom;
“court below” means the court from which an appeal (or application for permission to appeal) is made to the Judicial Committee;
“electronic means” means email or other means of electronic communication of the contents of documents;
“filing” means filing in the Registry in accordance with rule 7 and related expressions have corresponding meanings;
“form” and the “appropriate form” have the meanings given by rule 5;
“the Judicial Committee” means the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council;
“key documents bundle” has the meaning given by rule 30;
“member” means a member of the Judicial Committee;
“party” includes an applicant for permission to appeal and an intervener under rule 25;
“portal”, “portal party” and “non-portal party” have the meanings given by rule 4;
“the Registrar” means the Registrar of the Judicial Committee;
“the Registry” means the Registry of the Judicial Committee;
“respondent” includes a respondent to an application for permission to appeal;
“service” and related expressions have the meanings given by rule 8;
“statement of facts and issues” has the meaning given by rule 28(1).
(2) References in these Rules to a notice of appeal or cross-appeal include an application for permission to appeal or cross-appeal which (under rule 19 or rule 24) stands as a notice of appeal or cross-appeal.
(3) References in these Rules or in any form to a party’s signing, filing or serving any document or taking any other procedural step include the signature, filing or service of that document or the taking of such other procedural step by the party’s legal representative.
(4) Any reference in these Rules to a practice direction means a practice direction issued by the Judicial Committee to supplement these Rules, to provide for the forms to be used in proceedings before the Judicial Committee and to provide general guidance and assistance for legal representatives, agents and the parties.
(5) Where any of these Rules or any practice direction requires a document to be signed, that requirement is satisfied if the signature is printed by computer or other mechanical means.
(6) Where these Rules require or permit the Judicial Committee to perform an act of a formal or administrative character, that act may be performed by the Registrar or a member of staff of the Registry.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/997/schedule/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-committee-appellate-jurisdiction-rules-order-2024/schedule/paragraph-3
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