SUPREME COURT
OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Practice Direction No. 3 of 2012

Criminal Appeals from the Magistrates Court

Practitioners are advised that the following new procedure will now apply to all criminal appeals from the Magistrates Court with respect to the filing of papers for the appeal hearing.

1.	The matter will still be given an appeal directions date before the Deputy Registrar.  
2.	Unless the Court directs otherwise, appeal books as such will no longer be required.
3.	The appellant must obtain and file a copy of the transcript of the hearing in the Magistrates Court.
4.	The transcript, along with the Notice of Appeal (already filed) and the Schedule of Documents provided from the Magistrates Court, including any relevant exhibits (also already filed) will constitute the material on which the appeal is heard in place of the specially prepared Appeal Books.
5.	At the appeal directions before the Deputy Registrar, the Deputy Registrar will ensure that all the required material has been filed and then docket the matter before a Judge and give a callover date.  
6.	The matter will not be docketed until all the required material has been filed.
7.	The Deputy Registrar retains a discretion to require an appeal book in the usual form to be prepared

By direction of the Judges

ANNIE GLOVER					
Registrar			
ACT Supreme Court	

27 November 2012