Commentary on Sections Schedule 29 – Minor and consequential amendments: Northern Ireland Paragraph 35 – Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47)
1100.Section 47A of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 sets out the circumstances in which an appeal may be begun or continued (by any person approved by the Court of Appeal) notwithstanding that the appellant or potential appellant has died. Paragraph 35 amends Section 47A(3)(a) of the 1980 Act to include civil partners in the category of persons who may be approved by the Court of Appeal to take an appeal.