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CIVIL PROCEDURE ACT 2005 - SECT 149B Transfer of proceedings between Supreme Court and Land and Environment Court

CIVIL PROCEDURE ACT 2005 - SECT 149B

Transfer of proceedings between Supreme Court and Land and Environment Court

149B Transfer of proceedings between Supreme Court and Land and Environment Court

(1) If either the Supreme Court or the Land and Environment Court is satisfied, in relation to proceedings before it, that it is more appropriate for the proceedings to be heard in the other court, it may, on application by a party to the proceedings or of its own motion, order that the proceedings be transferred to the other court.
(2) If either the Supreme Court or the Land and Environment Court is satisfied, in relation to proceedings before it, that--
(a) there are related proceedings pending in the other court, and
(b) it is more appropriate for the proceedings to be heard, together with the related proceedings, in the other court,
it may, on application by a party to the proceedings or of its own motion, order that the proceedings be transferred to the other court and heard together with the related proceedings.
(3) No appeal lies against a decision of the transferor court to make, or not to make, an order under this section.