law: Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007 
  31. Leave to appeal
  1.  
  
    An
  
  appeal to the Supreme Court shall lie with the leave of the Tribunal; and such
  
  leave shall not be granted unless it is certified by the Tribunal that a point
  
  of law of general public importance is involved in the decision, or it appears
  
  to the Supreme Court that the point is one which ought to be considered by that
  
  Court.
  2.  
  
    An
  
  application to the Tribunal for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court shall be
  
  made within a period of thirty days beginning with the date of the decision of
  
  the Tribunal and an application to the Supreme Court for leave shall be made
  
  within a period of thirty days beginning with the date on which the application
  
  for leave is refused by the Tribunal.
  3.  
  
    An
  
  appeal shall be treated as pending until any application for leave to appeal is
  
  disposed of and if leave to appeal is granted, until the appeal is disposed of;
  
  and an application for leave to appeal shall be treated as disposed of at the
  
  expiration of the time within which it might have been made, but it is not made
  
  within that time.