Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHRISTMAS ISLAND ACT 1958 - SECT 14C

             (1)  This section applies to the jurisdiction vested in 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 14B(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 14B(1)—the District Court of Western Australia or a Judge of that Court (as the case requires); or

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