State Courts Act 1970 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Jurisdiction
49B. Summary dismissal of certain matters
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A District Judge sitting in a District Court may, on his or her own motion, summarily dismiss any appeal made against a decision of the registrar relating to civil proceedings, if the District Judge is satisfied of any of the following:
registrar
“registrar” means the registrar of the State Courts and includes a deputy registrar;
every issue in the appeal has already been decided by a District Court or a higher court in an earlier matter in which the appellant was involved, and the appeal therefore has no merit;
such conditions as may be prescribed by the Rules of Court are met.
Before summarily dismissing any appeal under subsection (1), a District Judge sitting in a District Court must —
give the appellant a reasonable opportunity to show cause why the appeal should not be summarily dismissed; and
consider any representations of the appellant.
In this section, “appeal” includes part of an appeal.