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Act index » Chapter 6 - Appeals and cases stated » Part 6.1 - Appeal from Magistrates' Court to County Court » Division 2 - Appeal by DPP against sentence
258 How appeal is commenced
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(1)An appeal under section 257 is commenced by filing a notice of appeal in the Magistrates' Court within 28 days after the day on which the sentence of the Magistrates' Court is imposed.
(2)A copy of the notice of appeal must be served personally on the respondent in accordance with section 391 within 7 days after the day on which the notice is filed.
(4)The DPP must provide a copy of the notice of appeal to the legal practitioner who last represented the respondent in the criminal proceeding to which the appeal relates, if that legal practitioner can reasonably be identified.
(5)A notice of appeal filed under this section must be transmitted to the County Court or the Supreme Court, as the case requires.