Commonwealth Numbered Acts

JURISDICTION OF COURTS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 1979 No. 19 of 1979 - SECT 19

19. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(1) Where the objector has, in accordance with section 24 or sub-section (7)
of section 26, requested the Commissioner to refer a decision to a Valuation
Board, the Commissioner shall refer the decision to a Valuation Board not
later than 60 days after receipt of the request.'';

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (6) ''or to the High Court or a Supreme
        Court'' and substituting ''or to treat his objection, so far as it
        relates to those grounds, as an appeal and to forward it to
        a specified Supreme Court''; and

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (7) and substituting the following
        sub-sections:

''(7) The Commissioner or the objector may, within 30 days after the date of
the decision, appeal to a Supreme Court from any decision of the Valuation
Board under this section which involves a question of law.

''(8) The Valuation Board shall, upon the request of the Commissioner or the
objector, refer any question of law arising before the Valuation Board to such
Supreme Court as is agreed upon by the parties, or in the absence of
agreement, to such Supreme Court as the Valuation Board considers appropriate.

''(9) An appeal or reference to a Supreme Court under this section shall be
heard by a single Judge of the Court.

''(10) Except as provided in sub-section (11), an appeal does not lie from the
decision of a Supreme Court constituted by a single Judge on an appeal or
reference under this section.

''(11) The Commissioner or the objector may appeal against the decision of a
Supreme Court on an appeal or reference under this section-

   (a)  by leave of the Federal Court of Australia, to that Court; or

   (b)  by special leave of the High Court, to that Court.''.