FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA AMENDMENT ACT 1984 NO. 11, 1984 

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA AMENDMENT ACT 1984 NO. 11, 1984 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title.  
2. Commencement  
3. Appeals to High Court  

Federal Court of Australia Amendment Act 1984 No. 11 of 1984
- SECT 1
Short title.

            An Act to amend the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

                               (Assented to 10 April 1984)
Short title, &c.

  1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Federal Court of Australia Amendment Act
1984.
  (2) The Federal Court of Australia Act 1976*1* is in this Act referred to as
the Principal Act.

Federal Court of Australia Amendment Act 1984 No. 11 of 1984
- SECT 2
Commencement

  2. This Act shall come into operation on the date of commencement of section
3 of the Judiciary Amendment Act (No. 2) 1984.

Federal Court of Australia Amendment Act 1984 No. 11 of 1984
- SECT 3
Appeals to High Court

  3. (1) Section 33 of the Principal Act is amended-

  (a)  by omitting from sub-section (3) ''Except as provided by the succeeding
provisions of this section,'' and substituting ''Except as otherwise provided
by another Act,''; and

  (b)  by omitting sub-sections (4) and (5).
  (2) The amendments made by this section do not affect-

  (a)  the hearing and determination of an appeal instituted before the date
of commencement of this Act; or

  (b)  the institution of an appeal in pursuance of special leave granted
before that date or the hearing and determination of an appeal so instituted,
but, subject to the foregoing provisions of this sub-section, those amendments
apply in relation to judgments given or pronounced before that date.

Federal Court of Australia Amendment Act 1984 No. 11 of 1984 - NOTE

                                      NOTE
1.  No. 156, 1976, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 19 and 87,
1979; No. 61, 1981; No. 26, 1982; and No. 91, 1983.