7Institution and hearing of appeals

7 Institution and hearing of appeals

(1) An appeal shall not be instituted from a decision of a single judge of the Federal Court or the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) to the Full Court of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory. (2) An appeal shall not be instituted from the Federal Court or the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) to the other of those courts. (3) Where it appears that the only matters for determination in a proceeding by way of an appeal from a decision of a single judge of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory are matters other than matters arising under an Act specified in the Schedule, that proceeding shall be instituted only in, and shall be determined only by, the Full Court of the Supreme Court of that State or Territory. (4) An appeal shall not be instituted from a decision of a court of summary jurisdiction of a State to the Supreme Court of the State if an appeal lies from that decision to the State Family Court of the State. (5) Subject to subsections (7) and (8), where it appears that a matter for determination in a proceeding by way of an appeal from a decision of a single judge of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory (not being a proceeding to which subsection (6) applies) is a matter arising under an Act specified in the Schedule, that proceeding shall be instituted only in, and shall be determined only by: (a) the Full Court of the Federal Court or of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1), as the case requires; or (b) with special leave of the High Court, the High Court. (6) A proceeding by way of an appeal from a decision of a judge of a State Family Court, being a proceeding involving the determination of: (a) a matter arising under an Act specified in the Schedule; and (b) another matter; may be dealt with as if no matter for determination in the proceeding were a matter arising under an Act specified in the Schedule. (7) Where: (a) the Full Court of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory commences to hear a proceeding by way of an appeal; and (b) before the Court determines the proceeding, it appears to the Court that the proceeding is a proceeding to which subsection (5) applies; the Court shall, unless the interests of justice require that the Court proceed to determine the proceeding, transfer the proceeding to the Full Court of the Federal Court or of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1), as the case requires. (8) Where the Full Court of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory: (a) determines a proceeding to which subsection (5) applies as mentioned in subsection (7); or (b) through inadvertence, determines a proceeding to which subsection (5) applies; nothing in this section invalidates the decision of that court.