Article 10 Time limits for appeals to the Supreme Court of devolution issues and compatibility issues
This article applies where—
a convertible devolution issue has, before the relevant date, been determined by a court of two or more judges of the High Court of Justiciary (whether in the ordinary course of proceedings or on a reference under paragraph 9 of Schedule 6 to the 1998 Act);
an application to the High Court of Justiciary for permission to appeal under paragraph 13(a) of Schedule 6 to the 1998 Act has, before the relevant date, been refused; and
no application has by that date been made to the Supreme Court for permission to appeal under paragraph 13(a) of that Schedule.
In relation to such a case, section 288AA(8) .of the 1995 Act has effect as if the reference to the date on which the High Court refused permission under that paragraph were a reference to 22nd April 2013.