Corporations Act 2001

CHAPTER 10 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS  

PART 10.1 - TRANSITION FROM THE OLD CORPORATIONS LEGISLATION  

Division 4 - Court proceedings and orders  

SECTION 1382   DEFINITIONS  

1382(1)   [ Definitions]  

In this Division:

appeal or review proceeding
, in relation to an order of a court, means a proceeding by way of appeal, or otherwise seeking review, of the order.

enforcement proceeding
, in relation to an order made by a court, means:

(a) a proceeding to enforce the order; or

(b) any other proceeding in respect of a breach of the order.

federal corporations proceeding
means a proceeding of any of the following kinds that, immediately before the commencement, was before a court:

(a) a proceeding in respect of a matter arising under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 involving or related to a decision made under a provision of the old corporations legislation of a State or Territory in this jurisdiction;

(b) a proceeding for a writ of mandamus or prohibition, or an injunction, against an officer or officers of the Commonwealth (within the meaning of section 75 of the Constitution) in relation to a matter to which a provision of the old corporations legislation of a State or Territory in this jurisdiction applied;

(ba) a proceeding that relates to a matter to which a provision of the Corporations Act 1989 applied (other than a proceeding that relates to a matter to which a provision of the Corporations Law of the Australian Capital Territory applied);

(bb) a proceeding in relation to a matter to which a provision of the old corporations legislation of a State or Territory in this jurisdiction applied:

(i) in which the Commonwealth was seeking an injunction or a declaration; or

(ii) to which the Commonwealth, or a person suing or being sued on behalf of the Commonwealth, was a party;

(bc) any other proceeding in relation to a matter to which a provision of the old corporations legislation of a State in this jurisdiction applied that was in the exercise of federal jurisdiction;

(bd) any other proceeding in relation to a matter to which a provision of the old corporations legislation of a Territory in this jurisdiction applied that would be covered by paragraph (bc) if the Territory had been a State;

(c) a proceeding in the court's accrued federal jurisdiction in relation to a matter to which a provision of the old corporations legislation of a State or Territory in this jurisdiction applied.

interlocutory application
means an application that:

(a) is made during the course of a proceeding; and

(b) is for an order that is incidental to the principal object of that proceeding, including, for example:

(i) an order about the conduct of that proceeding; or

(ii) an order assisting a party to that proceeding to present their case in that proceeding; or

(iii) an order protecting or otherwise dealing with property that is the subject matter of that proceeding;

but not including an order making a final determination of existing rights or liabilities.

interlocutory order
means:

(a) an order made in relation to an interlocutory application; or

(b) an order or direction about the conduct of a proceeding.

interlocutory proceeding
means a proceeding:

(a) dealing only with; or

(b) to the extent it deals with;

an interlocutory application.

primary proceeding
means a proceeding other than an interlocutory proceeding.

proceeding
means a proceeding, whether criminal or civil, before a court.

1382(2)   [ Interlocutory proceeding relating to another]  

For the purposes of this Part, if an interlocutory proceeding relates to a proceeding that is itself an interlocutory proceeding, the first-mentioned proceeding is taken to relate also to the primary proceeding to which the second-mentioned proceeding relates.