PART 70 REFERENCE TO THE COURT OF APPEAL OF POINT OF LAW OR UNDULY LENIENT SENTENCING

Registrar’s notice to defendant

70.4.—(1) The Registrar must serve on the defendant—

(a) a notice of reference;

(b) an application for permission to refer a sentencing case.

(2) Where the Attorney General refers a point of law, the Registrar must give the defendant notice that—

(a) the outcome of the reference will not make any difference to the outcome of the trial; and

(b) the defendant may serve a respondent’s notice.

(3) Where the Attorney General applies for permission to refer a sentencing case, the Registrar must give the defendant notice that—

(a) the outcome of the reference may make a difference to that sentencing, and in particular may result in a more severe sentence; and

(b) the defendant may serve a respondent’s notice.