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CORAL SEA ISLANDS ACT 1969 - SECT 8

Courts having jurisdiction in the Territory

             (1)  Subject to subsection (3), the courts of Norfolk Island have jurisdiction in and in relation to the Territory.

             (2)  In the exercise of its jurisdiction under this section a court of Norfolk Island may sit in the Territory, in Norfolk Island or in Australia.

             (3)  Subsection (1) does not confer jurisdiction on the courts of Norfolk Island in relation to matters arising under or by virtue of the provisions of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 .




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