The Criminal Appeal (Serious Crime Prevention Orders) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009

Hearing by a single judge

8.—(1) A single judge of the Court shall, for the purpose of hearing any of the applications referred to in Article 51 of the 2008 Order, sit in such place as he may appoint, and he may sit otherwise than in open court.

(2) As soon as practicable after a single judge of the Court determines such an application, the Master shall serve notice of the Judge’s decision in Form 2 on—

(a) the chief clerk;

(b) the person who is the subject of a serious crime prevention order;

(c) the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland; and

(d) any person who was given an opportunity to make representations in the proceedings which are the subject of the appeal.

(3) Where a single judge of the Court has refused an application referred to in Article 51 of the 2008 Order, the party making the application may have the application determined by the Court by serving notice of renewal in Form 2 on the Master within 14 days, or such longer period as the single judge of the Court may fix, from the date on which the notice of the decision was served on him.

(4) Where an application under paragraph (3) is not served within the prescribed period, or such extended period as the single judge of the Court has allowed, the application shall be treated as having been refused by the Court.