In section 300A (power of court to excuse procedural irregularities) of the 1995 Act, after subsection (7) there is inserted—

“(7A)

Subsection (1) does not authorise a court to excuse a failure to do any of the following things timeously—

(a)

lodge written intimation of intention to appeal in accordance with section 109(1),

(b)

lodge a note of appeal in accordance with section 110(1)(a),

(c)

make an application for a stated case under section 176(1),

(d)

lodge a note of appeal in accordance with section 186(2)(a).”.