Right of appeal from final order decisions of certain State or Territory courts

In force

(1)

An appeal lies from a final order decision of a court in accordance with the following table.

Right of appeal from final order decisions of certain State or Territory courts
Item	Column 1 If the final order decision was made by …	Column 2 an appeal lies from the decision to …
1	the Local Court of New South Wales	the Supreme Court of New South Wales
2	the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria	the Supreme Court of Victoria
3	the Magistrates Court of Queensland	the District Court of Queensland
4	the Magistrates Court of Western Australia	the District Court of Western Australia
5	the Magistrates Court of South Australia	the Supreme Court of South Australia
6	the Magistrates Court of Tasmania	the Supreme Court of Tasmania
7	the Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory	the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
8	the Local Court of the Northern Territory	the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

(2)

Each of the following is a final order decision:

(a)

a decision on an application for a final order;

(b)

a decision on an application to vary a final order;

(c)

a decision on an application to revoke a final order.

(3)

With respect to matters arising under this Act in respect of which appeals are instituted under this section:

(a)

a court mentioned in column 2 of the table in subsection (1) that is a court of a State is invested with federal jurisdiction; and

(b)

jurisdiction is conferred on a court mentioned in column 2 of that table that is a court of a Territory.

(4)

An appeal under this section to a court must be instituted within the time prescribed by the rules of the court.

Relationship with existing rights etc.

(5)

Nothing in this section is intended to limit or affect:

(a)

any other right of appeal that exists apart from this section; or

(b)

any jurisdiction conferred on or invested in a court apart from this section.

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