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DANGEROUS PRISONERS (SEXUAL OFFENDERS) ACT 2003 - SECT 37

37 Lawyer acting for prisoner

(1) A lawyer acting for a prisoner in an appeal must--

(a) give written notice that the lawyer acts for the prisoner to the registrar; and
(b) give a copy of the notice to the other party to the appeal.

(2) The notice must state the lawyer's--

(a) address for service; and
(b) telephone and facsimile number; and
(c) email address, if any.

(3) The lawyer must comply with subsection (1)--

(a) no later than 14 days before the day the appeal is set down for hearing (the hearing day); or
(b) if the hearing day is sooner than the 14 days, as soon as possible.

(4) A lawyer acting for a prisoner who files a notice of appeal is taken to continue acting for the prisoner until the earliest of the following happens--

(a) the lawyer gives a notice to the registrar under section 38(1);
(b) the lawyer is given the Court of Appeal's leave to withdraw from acting for the prisoner under section 38(2).


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