(3) The Lord Chief Justice, if present, and in his absence the senior member of the court, shall be president of the court. (4) The determination of any question before the Court of Criminal Appeal shall be according to the opinion of the majority of the members of the court hearing the case. (5) Unless the court direct to the contrary in cases where, in the opinion of the court, the question is a question of law on which it would be convenient that separate judgments should be pronounced by the members of the court, the judgment of the court shall be pronounced by the president of the court or such other member of the court hearing the case as the president of the court directs, and no judgment with respect to the determination of any question shall be separately pronounced by any other member of the court. [39](6) If in any case the director of public prosecutions or the prosecutor or defendant obtains the certificate of the Attorney-General that the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal involves a point of law of exceptional public importance, and that it is desirable in the public interest that a further appeal should be brought, he may appeal from that decision to the House of Lords, but subject thereto the determination by the Court of Criminal Appeal of any appeal or other matter which it has power to determine shall be final, and no appeal shall lie from that court to any other court. (7) The Court of Criminal Appeal shall be a superior court of record, and shall, for the purposes of and subject to the provisions of this Act, have full power to determine, in accordance with this Act, any questions necessary to be determined for the purpose of doing justice in the case before the court. (8) Rules of court shall provide for securing sittings of the Court of Criminal Appeal, if necessary, during vacation. (9) Any direction which may be given by the Lord Chief Justice under this section may, in the event of any vacancy in that office, or in the event of the incapacity of the Lord Chief Justice to act from any reason, be given by the senior judge of the Court of Criminal Appeal. =2.= There shall be a Registrar of the Court of Criminal Appeal (in this Act referred to as the Registrar) who shall be appointed by the Lord Chief Justice from among the Masters of the Supreme Court acting in the King’s Bench Division, and shall be entitled to such additional salary (if any), and be provided with such additional staff (if any), in respect of the office of registrar as the Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Treasury, may determine. The senior Master of the Supreme Court shall be the first Registrar. RIGHT OF APPEAL AND DETERMINATION OF APPEALS. =3.= A person convicted on indictment may appeal under this Act to the Court of Criminal Appeal--