FEDERAL COURTS (STATE JURISDICTION) ACT 1999 - SECT 17
Jurisdiction of courts
FEDERAL COURTS (STATE JURISDICTION) ACT 1999 - SECT 17
Jurisdiction of courts
17 Jurisdiction of courts
(1) Any provision of a relevant State law that purports to confer jurisdiction
on a federal court is taken not to have that effect.
(2) Any provision of a
law applied by a relevant State Act that excludes or limits the jurisdiction
of any or all State courts is taken not to have that effect.
(3) This section
does not operate:
(a) so as to prevent a federal court from exercising
jurisdiction (such as accrued jurisdiction) in connection with a
relevant State law to the extent to which, but for subsection (1), that court
could validly do so, or
(b) so as to prevent a relevant State law from
conferring jurisdiction on a federal court to the extent to which, but for
subsection (1), a State Act could validly do so.
(5) In this section,
"relevant State law" means a relevant State Act, or a law as applied by a
relevant State Act, and includes a Commonwealth administrative law.
