COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS ACT 1955 - SECT 15AAC Transfer of Supreme Court jurisdiction

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS ACT 1955 - SECT 15AAC

  (1)   This section applies to the jurisdiction vested in or exercisable by the Supreme Court of the Territory or a judge of that Court immediately before the transfer day, except in relation to matters for which:

  (a)   proceedings were pending in that Court immediately before that day; or

  (b)   proceedings had been completed in that Court before that day.

  (2)   On and after the transfer day, the jurisdiction:

  (a)   ceases to be vested in the Supreme Court of the Territory or a Judge of that Court; and

  (b)   is vested in:

  (i)   if the Family Court of Western Australia or a Judge of that Court would, apart from this section, have the jurisdiction under subsection   15AAB(1)--the Family Court of Western Australia or a Judge of that Court (as the case requires); or

  (ii)   if the District Court of Western Australia or a Judge of that Court would, apart from this section, have the jurisdiction under subsection   15AAB(1)--the District Court of Western Australia or a Judge of that Court (as the case requires); or

  (iii)   if the Children's Court of Western Australia or a Judge of that Court would, apart from this section, have the jurisdiction under subsection   15AAB(1)--the Children's Court of Western Australia or a Judge of that Court (as the case requires); or

  (iv)   in any other case--the Supreme Court of Western Australia or a Judge of that Court (as the case requires).