18 Initiating procedure.E+W
(1)A person who wishes to appeal under this Part of this Act to the Court of Appeal, or to obtain the leave of that court to appeal, shall give notice of appeal or, as the case may be, notice of application for leave to appeal, in such manner as may be directed by rules of court.
(2)Notice of appeal, or of application for leave to appeal, shall be given within twenty-eight days from the date of the conviction, verdict or finding appealed against, or in the case of appeal against sentence, from the date on which sentence was passed or, in the case of an order made or treated as made on conviction, from the date of the making of the order.
(3)The time for giving notice under this section may be extended, either before or after it expires, by the Court of Appeal.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 18 excluded (1.10.1997 for specified purposes and otherwiseprosp.) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 5(2), 57(2); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1)(d) (with art. 5)
S. 18 excluded (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 112(2), 168(1)
C2S. 18 excluded (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 231(2), 336(3)(4); S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 18 (with Sch. 2)
C3S. 18(2) modified by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 47(5)
S. 18(2) modified (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 155(6)(a), 168(1) (with s. 155(8), Sch. 10 paras. 11, 19)
C4S. 18(2) modified (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 15(5)(a), 458(1); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch.
C5S. 18(2) modified (24.7.2006 for specified purposes) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 48(5)(b), 336(3)(4) (with s. 48(4)); S.I. 2006/1835, art. 2(f)
C6S. 18(2) modified (8.1.2007) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 19(4)(b)(5), 60 (with ss. 19(7), 21(2)); S.I. 2006/3423, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)