172Notice of appeals

172 Notice of appeals (1) The notice of appeal shall be in writing, and shall be served upon the respondent, and shall state: (a) that the appellant appeals to the Supreme Court at the sittings of the Supreme Court for hearing appeals under this Act commencing at Darwin or Alice Springs, as the case requires, on a day specified in the notice in accordance with subsection (2); and (b) the conviction, order or adjudication appealed against under section 163(1) or (3); and (c) the nature and grounds of the appeal. (2) The day specified in the notice shall be a day on which sittings of the Supreme Court for hearing appeals under this Act will, in accordance with the rules of the Supreme Court, if practicable, commence at Darwin or Alice Springs, whichever is nearer to the place at which the decision appealed against was made and shall be the first such day after the expiration of 21 days from the service of the notice. (3) Two copies of the notice of appeal shall be served upon the relevant registrar, and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee. (4) If 2 or more convictions, orders or adjudications are made by the Local Court in respect of charges that have been heard and determined together, the appellant may serve one notice of appeal under this section to institute an appeal against all or any of those convictions, orders or adjudications by stating in the notice of appeal: (a) each conviction, order or adjudication appealed against under section 163(1) or (3); and (b) for each conviction, order or adjudication appealed against – the nature and grounds of the appeal.