137Procedure on appeal

137 Procedure on appeal

[Section 137 Inserted by No. 17 of 2021, s. 18, Applied:05 Nov 2021]

(1)  An appeal under section 136 in relation to a decision is to be instituted, heard and determined in accordance with the rules in force under the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 .

(2)  An appeal under section 136 in relation to a decision is to be instituted –

(a) within 30 days after the day on which the decision is made; or

(b) if, within the period referred to in paragraph (a) , the person instituting the appeal gives to the Tribunal a written request for a statement of reasons for the decision – within 30 days after the day on which the person is given that statement of reasons.

(3)  Despite subsection (1) , an appeal in relation to a decision, under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1995 , of the Tribunal that is made in respect of an application for consent to the carrying out of a termination of pregnancy is to be instituted within 2 days after the making of the decision.

(4)  Despite subsection (1) , the Supreme Court may, if it is satisfied that it is just and reasonable in the circumstances to do so, dispense with the requirement that the appeal should be instituted within the period referred to in that subsection, even if the time for instituting the appeal has expired.