Div 1ACourt of Appeal

Division 1A—Court of Appeal 19A—Establishment of Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal is established as a division of the Supreme Court. 19B—Jurisdiction The Court of Appeal has jurisdiction to hear and determine— (a) subject to this or any other Act, all appeals from a single judge sitting in court as a judge; and (b) subject to this or any other Act, and to the rules of court—all appeals from a single judge sitting in chambers; and (c) all rules and orders to show cause returnable before the Court of Appeal; and (d) all questions of law referred to or reserved for the consideration of, or directed to be argued before the Court of Appeal; and (e) all causes and matters which are required by the rules of court, or by the express provision of any other Act, to be heard or determined by the Court of Appeal. 19C—General requirements as to constitution of Court of Appeal (1) Subject to this or any other Act, and to the rules of court, the Court of Appeal will be constituted of not less than 3 judges when hearing and determining any matter. (2) If, in accordance with any Act or rules of court, the Court of Appeal may be constituted by 2 judges, a decision of the Court is to be in accordance with the opinion of those judges or, if the judges are divided in opinion, the proceedings are to be reheard and determined by the Court of Appeal constituted by 3 judges (including, if practicable, the 2 judges who first heard the proceedings). 19D—Powers In hearing and determining matters within the jurisdiction conferred by section 19B, the Court of Appeal has and may exercise any jurisdiction or powers— (a) that the court has in its General Division; or (b) that were exercisable by the Full Court of the Supreme Court immediately before the commencement of section 4(2) of the Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) Amendment Act 2019.