Rules of the Superior Courts (Court of Appeal Act 2014) 2014.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Rules, which may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts (Court of Appeal Act 2014) 2014, shall come into operation on the 28th day of October 2014.
(2) These Rules shall be construed together with the Rules of the Superior Courts.
(3) The Rules of the Superior Courts as amended by these Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts 1986 to 2014.
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paragraphs: (1) Nothing in these Rules shall affect the validity of any step taken or any other thing done:
(a) in any proceedings on any appeal to the Supreme Court initiated before the establishment day referred to in section 5 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014
(i) from the Court of Criminal Appeal, or
(ii) from the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, or
(iii) from the High Court
(I) which do not fall within a class of appeals specified in a direction given under Article 64.3.1° of the Constitution, or
(II) which fall within a class of appeals specified in a direction given under Article 64.3.1° of the Constitution the effect of which direction has been cancelled, so far as it relates to the proceedings concerned, by an order made in accordance with Article 64.3.3° of the Constitution, and
(III) in respect of which no order has been made in accordance with Article 64.4.1° of the Constitution, or
(b) in any other proceedings before the Supreme Court initiated before the establishment day referred to in section 5 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014 ,
(2) Nothing in these Rules shall affect the validity of any step taken or any other thing done in any proceedings on any appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal to which section 78 (1) of the Court of Appeal Act 2014 applies, and the proceedings on such an appeal shall, subject to any order made by the Court of Criminal Appeal or a Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeal in those proceedings, be continued and completed as if these Rules had not been made and the powers of the Court of Criminal Appeal in any such proceedings are unaffected by these Rules.
(3) Nothing in these Rules shall affect the validity of any step taken or any other thing done in any proceedings on any appeal to the Courts-Martial Appeal Court to which section 78 (2) of the Court of Appeal Act 2014 applies, and the proceedings on such an appeal shall, subject to any order made by the Courts-Martial Appeal Court or a Judge of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court in those proceedings, be continued and completed as if these Rules had not been made and the powers of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court in any such proceedings are unaffected by these Rules.
(4) In any proceedings in which an appeal to the Supreme Court from the High Court was initiated before the establishment day referred to in section 5 of the Court of Appeal Act 2014 :
(a) which falls within a class of appeals specified in a direction given under Article 64.3.1° of the Constitution the effect of which direction has not been cancelled, so far as it relates to the proceedings concerned, by an order made in accordance with Article 64.3.3° of the Constitution, or
(b) in respect of which an order has been made in accordance with Article 64.4.1° of the Constitution providing that the appeal shall be heard and determined by the Court of Appeal:
(i) the notice of appeal to the Supreme Court shall stand as the notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal;
(ii) each document delivered by a party to the appeal in the Supreme Court shall be deemed to be the corresponding document delivered by that party to the appeal to the Court of Appeal;
(iii) the Registrar of the Supreme Court shall deliver to the Registrar of the Court of Appeal any document lodged in the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court in connection with the appeal;
(iv) the Court of Appeal may make any order or give any direction (including any such order or direction which may be made in accordance with Order 86, Order 86A, Order 86B, Order 86C or Order 86D of the Rules of the Superior Courts) for the effective continuance of the appeal before the Court of Appeal as that Court considers necessary.
(5) In any proceedings in respect of which an order has been made in accordance with Article 64.3.3° of the Constitution cancelling the effect of a direction under Article 64.3.1°, the Registrar of the Court of Appeal shall return to the Registrar of the Supreme Court any document held in the Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal in connection with the appeal.
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paragraphs: The Rules of the Superior Courts are amended: