Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 24

             (1)  Subject to this section and to any other Act, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act (including an Act by virtue of which any judgments referred to in this section are made final and conclusive or not subject to appeal), the Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine:

                     (a)  appeals from judgments of the Court constituted by a single Judge;

                     (b)  appeals from judgments of the Supreme Court of a Territory (other than the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory); and

                     (c)  in such cases as are provided by any other Act, appeals from judgments of a court (other than a Full Court of the Supreme Court) of a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory, exercising federal jurisdiction; and

                     (d)  appeals from judgments of the Federal Magistrates Court exercising original jurisdiction under a law of the Commonwealth other than:

                              (i)  the Family Law Act 1975 ; or

                             (ii)  the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 ; or

                            (iii)  the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 ; or

                            (iv)  regulations under an Act referred to in subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii); and

                     (e)  appeals from judgments of the Federal Magistrates Court exercising jurisdiction under section 72Q of the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 .

     (1AAA)  An appeal may not be brought to the Court from a judgment of the Court constituted by a single Judge exercising the appellate jurisdiction of the Court in relation to an appeal from the Federal Magistrates Court.

          (1A)  An appeal shall not be brought from a judgment referred to in subsection (1) that is an interlocutory judgment unless the Court or a Judge gives leave to appeal.

             (5)  A reference in this section to the Full Court of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory shall be read as a reference to the Supreme Court of a State or Territory when constituted by 2 or more judges, and includes the Supreme Court of a State or Territory when so constituted for the purpose of sitting as the Court of Appeal of the State or Territory.