sec.117Transfer of appeal hearings

### sec.117 Transfer of appeal hearings A judge may order that an appeal is to be transferred to the District Court at another place, if it appears to the judge— that it is in the interests of justice that the appeal be heard at the other place; or that the appeal may be more conveniently heard at the other place and no party to the proceeding objects. The order may be made on the application of a party to the proceeding, or, if the judge is the judge hearing the appeal, on the judge’s own initiative. The officer that has the appeal record must give the record and all appropriate exhibits to the appropriate officer at the place where the appeal is to be heard. In this section— heard includes— heard and decided; and continued and decided. s 117 (prev 1988 No. 7 s 8 ) reloc 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1 sub 1996 No. 32 s 6 amd 2002 No. 34 s 10 sch 1 (sec.117-ssec.1) A judge may order that an appeal is to be transferred to the District Court at another place, if it appears to the judge— that it is in the interests of justice that the appeal be heard at the other place; or that the appeal may be more conveniently heard at the other place and no party to the proceeding objects. (sec.117-ssec.2) The order may be made on the application of a party to the proceeding, or, if the judge is the judge hearing the appeal, on the judge’s own initiative. (sec.117-ssec.3) The officer that has the appeal record must give the record and all appropriate exhibits to the appropriate officer at the place where the appeal is to be heard. (sec.117-ssec.4) In this section— heard includes— heard and decided; and continued and decided. - (a) that it is in the interests of justice that the appeal be heard at the other place; or - (b) that the appeal may be more conveniently heard at the other place and no party to the proceeding objects. - (a) heard and decided; and - (b) continued and decided.