An appeal from a final judgment of a Youth Court magistrate or a judicial registrar lies to a single judge of the Supreme Court, except where the action relates to a major indictable offence, in which case it is the Court of Appeal [Youth Court Act 1993 (SA) s 22(2)(b)(ii)-(iii)].

An appeal from a final judgment of a Youth Court judge lies to the Court of Appeal [s 22(2)(a)(ii)].

An appeal against an interlocutory judgment given by a Youth Court magistrate must be filed within 21 days, or such time as the Youth Court may fix [Joint Criminal Rules 2022 (SA) r 185.1(1)]. The appeal will be heard by a Youth Court judge [s 22(2)(b)]. In most instances, the appeal will be heard by way of rehearing.