Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Applications for special leave to appeal to the High Court from a judgment of another court may be heard and determined by a single Justice or by a Full Court and the Rules of Court may provide for enabling such applications to be dealt with, subject to conditions prescribed by the Rules, without an oral hearing.
Quorum of Justices on appeals from State Supreme Courts
(2) The jurisdiction of the High Court to hear and determine appeals from judgments of the Supreme Court of a State sitting as a Full Court, shall be exercised by a Full Court consisting of not less than three Justices.
(3) The reference in subsection ( 2) to the Supreme Court
of a State sitting as a Full Court shall be read as a reference to the Supreme
Court of a State when constituted by 2 or more Judges, and includes the
Supreme Court of a State when so constituted for the purpose of sitting as the
Court of Appeal of the State.