The Criminal Procedure Rules 2011

Service of notice of reference and application for permission

70.2.—(1) The Attorney General must—

(a) serve on the Registrar—

(i) any notice of reference, and

(ii) any application for permission to refer a sentencing case; and

(b) with a notice of reference of a point of law, give the Registrar details of—

(i) the defendant affected,

(ii) the date and place of the relevant Crown Court decision, and

(iii) the relevant verdict and sentencing.

(2) The Attorney General must serve an application for permission to refer a sentencing case not more than 28 days after the last of the sentences in that case.

[Note. The time limit for serving an application for permission to refer a sentencing case is prescribed by paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988. It may be neither extended nor shortened.]