Registrar’s notice to defendant
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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.