OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 435 Jurisdiction of State courts

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 435

  (1)   Subject to subsections   ( 2) and (4), a State's courts are invested with federal jurisdiction in all matters arising under the laws of the State applied under section   428.

  (2)   Jurisdiction is invested under subsection   ( 1) within the limits (other than limits of locality) of the jurisdiction of the court.

  (3)   Subsection   ( 2) applies to limits as to subject matter or other limits.

  (4)   The regulations may provide that subsection   ( 1) does not apply to the jurisdiction of a particular court.

  (5)   For the purposes of this section, the Northern Territory is not to be treated as though it were a State.