(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, an application to the court below for leave to appeal shall be made within the period of [F2fourteen] [F228] days beginning with the [F3date of the decision of that court] [F3relevant date]; and an application to the [F4Supreme Court] for such leave shall be made within the period of [F5fourteen] [F528] days beginning with the date on which the application is refused by the court below.
[F6(1A)In subsection (1), “the relevant date” means—
(a)the date of the decision of the court below, or
(b)if later, the date on which that court gives reasons for its decision.]
F7(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)F8... The [F4Supreme Court] or the court below may, upon application made at any time by the defendant, extend the time within which an application may be made by him to [F9the Supreme Court or the court below] under subsection (1) of this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Ss. 1–5 repealed (N.I.) (with saving) by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23), Sch. 6 para. 13
F2Words in s. 2(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 88(1)(2)(a), 110(1); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(v)
F3Words in s. 2(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 88(1)(2)(b), 110(1); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(v)
F4Words in s. 2 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 13(3)(a); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
F5Words in s. 2(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 88(1)(2)(a), 110(1); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(v)
F6S. 1(1A) inserted (E.W.) (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 88(3), 110(1); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(v)
F7 S. 2(2) repealed by Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19), s. 55(3), Sch. 7
F8Words in s. 2(3) repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 111, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F9Words in s. 2 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 13(3)(b); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)