[F1PART 77E+WPROVISIONS IN SUPPORT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

[F2SECTION 2 APPLICATION TO QUASH AN ACQUITTALE+W

Time limit for making the applicationE+W

77.7.(1) An application for an order quashing an acquittal under section 54(3) of the 1996 Act shall not be made later than 28 days after—

(a)the expiry of the period allowed for—

(i)appealing (whether by case stated or otherwise); or

(ii)making an application for permission to appeal,

against the conviction referred to in section 54(1)(b) of the 1996 Act; or

(b)where an appeal notice is filed or an application for permission to appeal against that conviction is made, the determination of the appeal or application for permission to appeal.

(2) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1)(b), “determination” includes abandonment within the meaning of rules 63.8 and 65.13 of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2010 or, as the case may be, rule 11 of the Crown Court Rules 1982.]]