WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 850 Exclusive jurisdiction

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 850

             (1)  Subject to this Act, the jurisdiction of the Court and the Federal Magistrates 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.

Note:          The regulations can confer jurisdiction on a specified court of a State or Territory in relation to a civil remedy provision: see subsection 846(4).

             (2)  The jurisdiction of the Court under section 853 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.