Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

CHAPTER 17 - INTERPRETING THIS ACT  

PART 17-2 - INTERPRETATION OF OTHER EXPRESSIONS  

Division 694 - Interpretation of other expressions  

SECTION 694-35   MEANING OF COURT AND COURT  

694-35(1)    

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Subject to subsection (2) , in this Act :

court
means any court.

Court
means any of the following courts:

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Supreme Court of a State or Territory;

(c) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1);

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

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Definition of " Court " amended by No 13 of 2021, s 3 and Sch 2 item 250, by substituting para (c), effective 1 September 2021. Para (c) formerly read:

(c) the Family Court of Australia;

694-35(2)    

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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 Act may, subject to section 581-30 and Part 14-3 , be brought in any court.

Note 1:

Section 581-30 requires certain proceedings relating to registered native title bodies corporate to be instituted in the Federal Court.

Note 2:

The matters dealt with in Part 14-3 include the applicability of limits on the jurisdictional competence of courts.

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S 694-35(2) amended by No 6 of 2021, s 3 and Sch 8 items 28 and 29, by inserting " section 581-30 and " and substituting notes 1 and 2 for the note, effective 25 March 2021. The note formerly read:

Note:

The matters dealt with in Part 14-3 include the applicability of limits on the jurisdictional competence of courts.

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