Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

CHAPTER 14 - COURTS AND PROCEEDINGS  

PART 14-3 - JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE OF COURTS  

Division 586 - Civil jurisdiction  

Subdivision 586-B - Conferral of jurisdiction  

SECTION 586-20   JURISDICTION OF LOWER COURTS  

586-20(1)    
Subject to section 9 of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 , jurisdiction is conferred on the lower courts of:

(a)    each State; and

(b)    the Australian Capital Territory; and

(c)    the Northern Territory;

with respect to civil matters (other than superior court matters) arising under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations legislation.

586-20(2)    
The jurisdiction conferred on a lower court by subsection (1) :

(a)    is subject to the court ' s general jurisdictional limits, so far as they relate to:

(i) the amounts; or

(ii) the value of property;

with which the court may deal; but

(b)    is not subject to the court ' s other jurisdictional limits.