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FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 30AD

Appellate jurisdiction--further appeal if Attorney - General consents

  (1)   The Attorney - General may consent in writing for the accused to appeal under this section if:

  (a)   the accused applies for this consent; and

  (b)   the accused satisfies the Attorney - General that there is a doubt or question about either or both of the following:

  (i)   the accused's conviction by an eligible primary court of a count in an indictment;

  (ii)   the accused's sentence imposed by an eligible primary court in relation to a count in an indictment.

  (2)   If the Attorney - General consents under subsection   (1), the Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine:

  (a)   an appeal from a judgment of the eligible primary court, to the extent the judgment so convicts the accused; and

  (b)   an appeal from a judgment of the eligible primary court, to the extent the judgment so sentences the accused.

  (3)   Subsection   (1) has effect subject to any other Act, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act (including an Act by virtue of which any judgments referred to in this section are made final and conclusive or not subject to appeal).


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