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JURISDICTION OF COURTS (CROSS-VESTING) ACT 1987 - SECT 3 Definitions

JURISDICTION OF COURTS (CROSS-VESTING) ACT 1987 - SECT 3

Definitions

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires--


"Federal Court" means the Federal Court of Australia.


"Full Court" , in relation to a Supreme Court of a State, includes any court of the State to which appeals lie from a single judge of that Supreme Court.


"judgment" means a judgment, decree or order, whether final or interlocutory.


"party" , in relation to a proceeding, includes a person who intervenes in the proceeding.


"proceeding" does not include a criminal proceeding.


"special federal matter" has the same meaning as in the Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 of the Commonwealth.


"State" includes the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.


"State Family Court" , in relation to a State, means a court of that State to which section 41 of the Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth applies by virtue of a Proclamation made under section 41 (2) of that Act.


"State matter" means a matter--
(a) in which the Supreme Court has jurisdiction otherwise than by reason of a law of the Commonwealth or of another State, or
(b) removed to the Supreme Court under section 8.

"Territory" does not include the Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory.
(2) A reference in this Act, other than a reference in section 4 (3), to the Supreme Court of a State includes, if there is a State Family Court of that State, a reference to that State Family Court.
(3) In this Act, a reference to a Commonwealth Act is a reference to that Act, if amended, as amended and in force for the time being.