Supreme Court Act 1970
48Assignment to the Court of Appeal
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48 Assignment to the Court of Appeal
48 Assignment to the Court of Appeal
(1)
(a) In this section—
specified tribunal means—
(i) the Land and Environment Court or a Judge of that Court,
(ia) (Repealed)
(ii) the Industrial Relations Commission or a member of the Commission,
(iia) the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales,
(iii) (Repealed)
(iv) the District Court or a Judge of the District Court (but not a Judicial Registrar of that Court),
(v) (Repealed)
(vi) a judge or member functioning or purporting to function under any Act giving power to a judge or member, whether as judge or member or as a designated person,
(vii) a tribunal or other body (not including the State Parole Authority) that was constituted by one or more judges or members when exercising the functions, or purporting to exercise the functions, to which the proceedings in the Court relate, or
(viii) the Civil and Administrative Tribunal when exercising functions, or purporting to exercise functions, for the purposes of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) (including as applied by the Public Notaries Act 1997).
(b) In paragraph (a) (vi) and (vii), judge or member means a person who is or has been—
(i) a Judge or associate Judge, or
(ii) a judge or member of any body referred to in paragraph (a) (i)–(iv), or
(iii) a Justice of the High Court or a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia or a Supreme Court of another State or Territory.
(2) There are assigned to the Court of Appeal proceedings in the Court—
(a) (Repealed)
(b) for commanding or otherwise requiring a specified tribunal to perform a public duty,
(c) for prohibiting or otherwise restraining a specified tribunal from proceeding in any matter before the tribunal,