15Causes and matters to be brought before Full Court

15 Causes and matters to be brought before Full Court

[Section 15 Amended by No. 63 of 1963, scheds. 1 & 6 ]**[Section 15 Amended by S.R. 1977, No. 150 ]

(1)  Subject to the provisions of subsection (6) , all –

(a) applications for a new trial or rehearing of any cause or matter tried or heard by a judge, or to set aside any verdict, finding, or judgment found, given, or made in any cause or matter tried or heard by a judge;

(b) appeals from a judge, whether sitting in court or in chambers;

(c) rules nisi and orders to show cause returnable before a Full Court;

(d) cases, points, and questions reserved by a judge for the consideration or judgment of a Full Court, or directed by a judge to be argued before a Full Court;

(e) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(f) trials at bar;

(g) causes and matters which –

(i) this Act;

(ii) any Rule of Court made under this Act;

(iii) any Imperial Act passed after the commencement of this Act, or any Order or Rule of Court made thereunder;

(iv) any Act of the Parliament of Tasmania passed after the commencement of this Act, or any Order or Rule of Court made thereunder; or

(v) any Commonwealth Act –

requires to be heard and determined by a Full Court –

shall be heard and determined, or otherwise disposed of, by a Full Court.

(2)  Subject to the Rules of Court , any cause or matter which is within the jurisdiction of the Court which is subject to this Act, but which is not by subsection (1) required to be heard and determined by a Full Court, may, with the special leave of a Full Court, be heard and determined by a Full Court in the first instance.

(3)  The provisions of subsection (2) shall extend and apply to any part of the jurisdiction of the Court therein mentioned, notwithstanding that the same is by this Act, or other the statute conferring such jurisdiction, expressed to be conferred on a judge of the Court, and not on the Court itself.