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OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 439 Vesting jurisdiction in State courts

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 439

Vesting jurisdiction in State courts

  (1)   Subject to subsection   ( 4), the several courts of a State are invested with federal jurisdiction with respect to matters arising under:

  (a)   this Act; and

  (b)   the associated revenue Acts; and

  (c)   the regulations.

  (2)   Subject to subsection   ( 4), jurisdiction is conferred on the several courts of a Territory with respect to matters arising under:

  (a)   this Act; and

  (b)   the associated revenue Acts; and

  (c)   the regulations.

Note:   For associated revenue Act see section   4.

  (3)   Subsections   ( 1) and (2) do not apply to matters that arise under the provisions that are applied under Part   5.1.

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

  (5)   Subsection   ( 4) applies to limits as to subject matter or other limits.

  (6)   For the purposes of this section:

  (a)   the Northern Territory is not to be treated as though it were a State; and

  (b)   the Territories are:

  (i)   the Northern Territory ; and

  (ii)   the external territories to which this Act extends under section   36.