THE CORPORATIONS LAW

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTORY

PART 1.2 - INTERPRETATION

Division 7 - Interpretation of other expressions

SECTION 58AA   MEANING OF ``court'' AND ``Court''  

58AA(1)  [Definitions]  

Subject to subsection (3), in this Law:

``court'' means any court when exercising the jurisdiction of this jurisdiction;

``Court'' means any of the following courts when exercising the jurisdiction of this jurisdiction:

(a)  the Federal Court;

(b)  the Supreme Court of this or any other jurisdiction;

(c)  the Family Court of Australia;

(d)  a court to which section 41 of the Family Law Act 1975 applies because of a Proclamation made under subsection 41(2) of that Act.

58AA(2)  [Jurisdiction of courts]  

Except where there is a clear expression of a contrary intention (for example, by use of the expression ``the Court''), proceedings in relation to a matter under this Law may, subject to the Acts mentioned in subsection (3), be brought in any court.

58AA(3)  [Statutory provisions governing jurisdiction]  

The jurisdiction that courts have in relation to matters under this Law is dealt with in Part 9 of each of the following:

(a)  the Corporations Act 1989;

(b)  the Corporations (New South Wales) Act 1990 of New South Wales;

(c)  the Corporations (Victoria) Act 1990 of Victoria;

(d)  the Corporations (Queensland) Act 1990 of Queensland;

(e)  the Corporations (Western Australia) Act 1990 of Western Australia;

(f)  the Corporations (South Australia) Act, 1990 of South Australia;

(g)  the Corporations (Tasmania) Act 1990 of Tasmania;

(h)  the Corporations (Northern Territory) Act 1990 of the Northern Territory.

58AA(4)  [Limits on jurisdictional competence]  

The matters dealt with in those Parts of those Acts include the applicability of limits on the jurisdictional competence of courts.