Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1988 No. 86 of 1988 - SECT 52

52. (1) Subject to this Act, the jurisdiction of the Court in relation to an
act or omission for which an organisation or member of an organisation is
liable to be sued, or to be proceeded against for a pecuniary penalty, is
exclusive of the jurisdiction of any other court created by the Parliament or
any court of a State or Territory.

(2) The jurisdiction of the Court in relation to matters arising under section
208, 209 or 261 or Division 5 of Part IX is exclusive of the jurisdiction, or
any similar jurisdiction, of a State industrial authority.

(3) The jurisdiction of the Court under section 56 is exclusive of the
jurisdiction of any court of a State or Territory to hear and determine an
appeal from a judgment from which an appeal may be brought to the Court under
that section.