Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 30AF

  (1)   This section applies in relation to the filing of:

  (a)   a notice of application for leave to appeal under subsection   30AA(1), (2) or (4); or

  (b)   a notice of appeal under subsection   30AA(1) or (2) for an appeal involving a question of law alone; or

  (c)   a notice of appeal under subsection   30AA(3);

in relation to a judgment or decision.

Note:   There are no time limits for an appeal under section   30AD.

  (2)   The notice must be filed in the Court before the end of 28 days after the end of:

  (a)   in the case of a judgment convicting the accused--the day the accused is sentenced in relation to the conviction; or

  (b)   in the case of a judgment sentencing the accused--the day the accused is so sentenced; or

  (c)   in the case of a judgment or decision referred to in paragraph   30AA(1)(e) or subsection   30AA(3) or (4)--the day the judgment or decision was made; or

  (d)   otherwise--the day the accused is discharged in relation to the proceedings in which the judgment was given.

  (3)   However, the Court may, by order, extend (or further extend) the period within which the notice must be filed if the Court is satisfied it is in the interests of justice to do so.