Criminal Practice Rules 1999
sec.66AApplication for leave to make subsequent appeal
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sec.66A Application for leave to make subsequent appeal
An applicant for leave to make a subsequent appeal must file with the registrar a notice of application for leave to make a subsequent appeal. The notice must— be signed by the applicant or the applicant’s lawyer; and state, briefly and precisely, the grounds of the subsequent appeal; and be accompanied by an affidavit setting out the fresh and compelling evidence, or the new and compelling evidence, relied on in the grounds of the subsequent appeal. If the court gives the applicant leave to make a subsequent appeal— the applicant is taken to have started a subsequent appeal; and the notice of application for leave to make a subsequent appeal is taken to be the notice of subsequent appeal for the purposes of the Code , sections 671H(4) and 671K(1). In this rule— fresh and compelling evidence see the Code , section 671AB. new and compelling evidence see the Code , section 671AB. r 66A ins 2024 SL No. 178 s 13 (sec.66A-ssec.1) An applicant for leave to make a subsequent appeal must file with the registrar a notice of application for leave to make a subsequent appeal. (sec.66A-ssec.2) The notice must— be signed by the applicant or the applicant’s lawyer; and state, briefly and precisely, the grounds of the subsequent appeal; and be accompanied by an affidavit setting out the fresh and compelling evidence, or the new and compelling evidence, relied on in the grounds of the subsequent appeal. (sec.66A-ssec.3) If the court gives the applicant leave to make a subsequent appeal— the applicant is taken to have started a subsequent appeal; and the notice of application for leave to make a subsequent appeal is taken to be the notice of subsequent appeal for the purposes of the Code , sections 671H(4) and 671K(1). (sec.66A-ssec.4) In this rule— fresh and compelling evidence see the Code , section 671AB. new and compelling evidence see the Code , section 671AB.
- (a) be signed by the applicant or the applicant’s lawyer; and
- (b) state, briefly and precisely, the grounds of the subsequent appeal; and
- (c) be accompanied by an affidavit setting out the fresh and compelling evidence, or the new and compelling evidence, relied on in the grounds of the subsequent appeal.
- (a) the applicant is taken to have started a subsequent appeal; and
- (b) the notice of application for leave to make a subsequent appeal is taken to be the notice of subsequent appeal for the purposes of the Code , sections 671H(4) and 671K(1).