Native Title Legislation Amendment Act 2021 (6 of 2021)

Schedule 8   Registered native title bodies corporate

Part 4   Courts

Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

27   At the end of Division 581

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581-30 Civil proceedings in relation to registered native title bodies corporate

Proceedings in respect of a civil matter arising under this Act that relate to a registered native title body corporate (other than subsection 586-5(3) proceedings) may not be instituted in a court other than the Federal Court.

Note 1: The Federal Court may transfer proceedings to another court: see Subdivision 586-C.

Note 2: Subsection 586-5(3) proceedings relate to matters arising under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977. A Supreme Court may be required to transfer those proceedings to the Federal Court: see section 586-35.