63Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction

63 Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction (1) It is the intention of this section to alter or vary section 85 of the **Constitution Act 1975** to the extent necessary to prevent— (a) the Supreme Court exercising jurisdiction conferred on, or excluded from the jurisdiction of, the County Court under section 39(1) or 40(1)(a) or (c) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act and as amended by section 11 of the **Accident Compensation (Miscellaneous Amendment) Act 1997**; (b) the Supreme Court exercising jurisdiction conferred on the Magistrates' Court under section 43(1) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act; (c) an appeal on the merits to the Supreme Court from an opinion of a Medical Panel under section 45(1)(c) or section 99AB(1)(c) or a determination under section 98(2B) by a person and in the manner approved by a Medical Panel under section 98(2A) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act or the Authority or a self-insurer under section 115 or 115A(8) of the Principal Act as so amended but not to alter or vary section 85 of the **Constitution Act 1975** so as to affect the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to grant any other relief or remedy; (d) the Supreme Court making a judgment or order for damages or approving a settlement or compromise in an amount exceeding the limits or without the reductions referred to in section 135 of the Principal Act as inserted by section 46(1) of this Act and as amended by section 64 of the **Accident Compensation (Amendment) Act 1994** and as amended by section 46 of the **Accident Compensation (Miscellaneous Amendment) Act 1997** or in section 135A of the Principal Act as inserted by section 46(3) of this Act and as amended by section 64 of the **Accident Compensation (Amendment) Act 1994** and as amended by sections 32 and 33 of the **Accident Compensation (Amendment) Act 1996** and as amended by section 11 of the **Accident Compensation (Further Amendment) Act 1996** and as amended by section 47 of the **Accident Compensation (Miscellaneous Amendment) Act 1997**; (e) the Supreme Court making a judgment or Order for damages or approving a settlement or compromise in respect of an injury arising before 1 December 1992, except in the circumstances specified in section 135B of the Principal Act as inserted by section 46(3) of this Act and as amended by section 64 of the **Accident Compensation (Amendment) Act 1994**. [↑](#endnote-ref-14) 14. S. 98(2A): See note 12. [↑](#endnote-ref-15) 15. S. 98(2AB): See note 12. [↑](#endnote-ref-16) 16. S. 98(2B): See note 13. [↑](#endnote-ref-17) 17. S. 99B (*repealed*): Section 26(5) of the **Accident Compensation (Amendment) Act 1996**, No. 7/1996 reads as follows: