Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FEDERAL MAGISTRATES ACT 1999 - SECT 38

             (1)  The Federal Magistrates Court may, on application by a party to an award made in an arbitration (whether carried out under an order made under section 35 or otherwise) in relation to a matter in which the Federal Magistrates Court has original jurisdiction, make an order in the terms of the award.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to an award made in an arbitration carried out under an order made under subsection 35(1) unless the award has been registered with the Federal Magistrates Court under the Rules of Court.

             (3)  An order so made is enforceable in the same manner as if it had been made in an action in the Federal Magistrates Court. This subsection has effect subject to subsection (4).

             (4)  A writ of attachment must not be issued to enforce payment of money under an order made in accordance with this section.