Article 7 Appeals to the Supreme Court

An application to a court of two or more judges of the High Court of Justiciary or to the Supreme Court for permission to appeal under paragraph 13(a) of Schedule 6 to the 1998 Act against a determination of a convertible devolution issue is to be treated as an application to that court for permission to appeal against a determination of a compatibility issue under section 288AA(5) of the 1995 Act^f1.

An appeal under paragraph 13(a) of that Schedule against a determination of a convertible devolution issue is to be treated as an appeal under section 288AA(1) of the 1995 Act if, before the relevant date, the High Court of Justiciary or the Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal.

In such a case the permission to appeal is to be treated as granted under section 288AA(5) of the 1995 Act.

A refusal by the High Court of Justiciary or the Supreme Court, before the relevant date, of permission to appeal under paragraph 13(a) of that Schedule is to be treated as made by that Court under section 288AA(5) of the 1995 Act.