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Part 2Legal aid
Reconsideration, review, and appeals of legal aid decisions: Appeals and references on question of law

60Appeals to Court of Appeal and Supreme Court

  1. Subpart 8 of Part 6 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 applies as far as applicable with the necessary modifications to a decision of the High Court on an appeal under section 59 as if the decision had been made under section 300 of that Act.

Notes
  • Section 60: replaced, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).