50.23   Application for leave

(cf DCR Part 6, rule 60C)

(1)  An application for leave must be made by summons.

(2)  An application for leave must be filed within:

(a)  the period specified in section 39 (2) (a) of the Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996, or

(b)  such further time as the Court may allow under section 39 (2) (b) of that Act.

(3)  An application to allow further time to appeal under section 39 (2) (b) of the Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996 must be made by summons.

(4)  An application for leave must include or be accompanied by a statement identifying the determination sought to be appealed against, a statement of the question of law on which it is sought to appeal and the grounds of the proposed appeal.

(5)  The defendant in an application for leave or an application to allow further time to appeal is the Victims Compensation Fund Corporation constituted under section 66 of the Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996.