FEDERAL COURTS (STATE JURISDICTION) ACT 1999 - SECT 8
Effect of things done or omitted to be done under or in relation to rights and liabilities
FEDERAL COURTS (STATE JURISDICTION) ACT 1999 - SECT 8
Effect of things done or omitted to be done under or in relation to rights and liabilities
8 Effect of things done or omitted to be done under or in relation to rights
and liabilities
(1) Any act or thing done or omitted to be done before or after the
commencement of this section under or in relation to a right or liability
conferred, imposed or affected by section 6:
(a) has the same effect, and
gives rise to the same consequences, for the purposes of any written or other
law, and
(b) is to be regarded as always having had the same effect, and
given rise to the same consequences, for the purposes of any written or other
law,
as if it were done, or omitted to be done, to give effect to, or under
the authority of, or in reliance on, a judgment of the Supreme Court.
(2) For
the purposes of an enforcement law, any act or thing done or omitted to be
done before or after the commencement of this section gives rise to the same
consequences, and is to be regarded as always having given rise to the same
consequences, as if each ineffective judgment were a valid judgment of the
Supreme Court given in or in relation to the proceeding in or in relation to
which the ineffective judgment was given or recorded.
(3) In this section:
"enforcement law" means a provision of a law (other than a law relating to
contempt of court) that sets out a consequence for a person if the person:
(a)
contravenes, or
(b) acts in a specified way while there is in force,
a
judgment, or a particular kind of judgment, given by a court.