Appeals against orders made on finding of unfitness to be tried etc
247.—(1) This section applies where, by virtue of Chapter 6 (unfitness to be tried etc), a court makes a public protection order or supervision and assessment order in respect of a person.
(2) The person has the same right of appeal as if the order had been made on the person’s conviction, and accordingly—
(a)for the purposes of section 8 of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 and Article 140 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, the order is treated as if it were an order made on conviction;
(b)for the purposes of Article 146 of that Order, the order is a determination of the proceedings in which the order was made.
(3) On any appeal against the order, the Court of Appeal or county court has the same powers as if the appeal had been against both finding and sentence.