8.—(1) The following applications may be heard by the proper officer, namely —
(a)an application to extend time for service of the notice of appeal or of an application for leave to appeal under rule 3(3); and
(b)an application to extend the time for service of the response of the defendant under rule 4(3).
(2) As soon as practicable after the proper officer determines an application set out in paragraph (1), he shall serve notice of his decision in Form 4 on —
(a)the prosecution;
(b)the defendant; and
(c)the chief clerk.
(3) Where the proper officer has refused an application referred to in paragraph (1), the party making the application may have the application determined by a single judge of the Court by serving notice of renewal in Form 4 on the proper officer within 7 business days, or such longer period as the single judge of the Court may fix, from the date on which notice of the refusal was served on him.