Acts Interpretation Act 1901

PART 5 - GENERAL INTERPRETATION RULES  

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Pt 5 heading substituted by No 46 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 21, applicable on and after 27 December 2011, in relation to Acts enacted before, on or after 27 December 2011. For transitional regulations, see note under Part 1 heading. The heading formerly read:

PART IV - GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 15C  

15C   JURISDICTION OF COURTS  
Where a provision of an Act, whether expressly or by implication, authorises a civil or criminal proceeding to be instituted in a particular court in relation to a matter:

(a) that provision shall be deemed to vest that court with jurisdiction in that matter;

(b) the jurisdiction so vested is not limited by any limits to which any other jurisdiction of the court may be subject; and

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(c) in the case of a court of a Territory, that provision shall be construed as providing that the jurisdiction is vested so far only as the Constitution permits.

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S 15C amended by No 46 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 26, by omitting " except so far as the contrary intention appears, " before " the jurisdiction " from para (b), applicable on and after 27 December 2011, in relation to Acts enacted before, on or after 27 December 2011. For transitional regulations, see note under Part 1 heading.

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