(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the High Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from judgments of the Supreme Court of a Territory.
(2) An appeal shall not be brought from a judgment, whether final or interlocutory, referred to in subsection (1) unless the High Court gives special leave to appeal.
(2A) An appeal may not be brought to the High Court from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory given after the commencement of this subsection when that Court is known as the Court of Disputed Elections under subsection 252(1) of the Electoral Act 1992 of that Territory.
(3) Subsection (1) has effect subject to any special
provision made by an Act other than this Act, whether passed before or after
the commencement of this section, preventing or permitting appeals from the
Supreme Court of a Territory.