Referendum and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2015

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

Sets strict deadlines for court challenges to referendum results, including a three-day limit to appeal permission decisions and six-week limits for hearings in the High Court and Supreme Court. Appeals would go directly to the Supreme Court, excluding the Court of Appeal, and an appeal would automatically pause the High Court’s order so the Constitution cannot be amended before the challenge is finally decided.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the timely hearing of Referendum Petitions; to provide that appeals from decisions of the High Court in relation to such proceedings be referred directly to the Supreme Court; to provide for an automatic stay on any High Court order appealed to the Supreme Court; to provide that the Court of Appeal has no function in such proceedings and to provide for connected matters

Last updated 12 April 2018