Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION MEASURES (IMPLEMENTATION) ACT 1998 - SECT 35

(1)

Jurisdiction is conferred on the Federal Court of Australia with respect to all civil matters arising under:

(a)

an applied provision of an applied State law; or

(b)

an applied provision of a law of a State or Territory; or

(c)

a regulation made for the purposes of Part 4; or

(d)

Part 5.

(2)

The jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Australia under subsection (1) is, subject to the Constitution and the Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 , exclusive of the jurisdiction of any other court.