4.—(1) After rule 15.16 (presentation of solemn sentence appeal in writing)(1), insert—
15.16A.—(1) Where the prosecutor receives a transcript under section 94(2) of the Act of 1995, the prosecutor shall forthwith send a copy to the other parties and to the clerk of court.
(2) Where a person receives a transcript under section 94(2A) of the Act of 1995, that person shall forthwith send a copy to the other parties and to the clerk of court.”.
(2) In rule 15.17 (lodging and intimation of transcripts)—
(a)in paragraph (2) for “send a copy to the other parties” insert “intimate to the other parties that the transcript or the relevant part thereof has been so lodged”;
(b)in paragraph (4) for “21” substitute “28”.
(3) Paragraph (2)(b) shall apply only in relation to cases where the date of the hearing concerned is on or after 29th June 2010.
Rule 15.16 was inserted by S.S.I. 2003/387 and amended by S.S.I. 2006/302.