40Appeals

40 Appeals

(1)  [Section 40 Subsection (1) amended by No. 54 of 2000, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Dec 2001] Subject to the provisions of this Act, a Full Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from all judgments, orders, and other determinations (whether final or otherwise) given or made by a judge, whether sitting in court or in chambers, and if in court whether with or without a jury or an assessor or assessors, and if in chambers whether with or without an assessor or assessors, in any cause or matter (including any proceedings for or on, or in connection with an order of review under the Judicial Review Act 2000 or a writ of habeas corpus).

(2)  Every appeal shall be subject to any Rules of Court regulating the terms and conditions on which appeals may be brought, but no such Rule of Court shall qualify or otherwise affect the operation of section 33 , except as to matters subsequent to the trial.

(3)  But a Full Court may, if it thinks fit, hear and determine an appeal from any such judgment, order, or determination, notwithstanding that any such Rule of Court has not been complied with.