(1)Where in any proceedings in [F1the county court] [F2, the family court] or the High Court a person appeals, or seeks permission to appeal, to a court other than the Court of Appeal or the [F3Supreme Court]—
(a)the Master of the Rolls, or
(b)the court from which or to which the appeal is made, or from which permission to appeal is sought, [F4 or
(c)the President of the Family Division where it is the family court from which or to which the appeal is made, or from which permission to appeal is sought,]
may direct that the appeal shall be heard instead by the Court of Appeal.
(2)The power conferred by subsection (1)(b) shall be subject to rules of court.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in ss. 54-57 substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F2Words in s. 57(1) inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 10 para. 82(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(d) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F3Words in s. 57(1) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40, 148, Sch. 9 para. 68(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2
F4S. 57(1)(c) and word inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 10 para. 82(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(d) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)