WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 847 Jurisdiction of Court
This legislation has been repealed.
WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 847
Jurisdiction of Court(1) The Court has jurisdiction with respect to matters arising under this Act in relation to which:
(a) applications may be made to it under this Act; or
(b) actions may be brought in it under this Act; or
(c) questions may be referred to it under this Act; or
(d) appeals lie to it under section 853; or
(e) penalties may be sued for and recovered under this Act; or
(f) prosecutions may be instituted for offences against this Act.
(2) For the purposes of section 44 of the Judiciary Act 1903 , the Court is taken to have jurisdiction with respect to any matter in which a writ of mandamus or prohibition or an injunction is sought against an officer or officers of the Commonwealth holding office under this Act or the Coal Industry Act 1946 .
Note: Section 44 of the Judiciary Act 1903 gives the High Court of Australia power to remit a matter to a federal court that has jurisdiction with respect to that matter.
(3) The Court has jurisdiction with respect to matters remitted to it under section 44 of the Judiciary Act 1903 .
(4) The Federal Magistrates Court has jurisdiction with respect to matters arising under this Act in relation to which:
(a) applications may be made to it under this Act; or
(b) actions may be brought in it under this Act; or
(c) questions may be referred to it under this Act; or
(d) penalties may be sued for and recovered under this Act; or
(e) prosecutions may be instituted for offences against this Act.
Note: A proceeding pending in the Federal Magistrates Court may be transferred to the Federal Court: see Part 5 of the Federal Magistrates Act 1999 .