24AJurisdiction of Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)

#### 24A Jurisdiction of Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (1) Jurisdiction is conferred on the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) in a matter to which a provision of Part 4 applies. (2) If jurisdiction is invested, in the matter, in a court of a State under a law of the State, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) is divested of jurisdiction in the matter. (3) Subregulation (2) does not have effect in relation to: (a) proceedings instituted in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) before the day on which jurisdiction in the matter is invested in the State court; or (b) proceedings on appeal from a decision of the Court in proceedings mentioned in paragraph (a). 24B Appeals to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) (1) An appeal may be made to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) from: (a) a decision of a single judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) exercising original jurisdiction; or (b) a decision of a single judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) exercising appellate jurisdiction; or (c) a decision of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) exercising jurisdiction under subregulation 24A(1). (2) The appellate jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) is to be exercised: (a) if the appeal is from a decision of a single judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1)—by a Full Court of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1); or (b) if the appeal is from a decision of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)—by a single Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) unless the Chief Justice directs that the application be heard and determined by a Full Court.