Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

JURISDICTION OF COURTS (CROSS-VESTING) ACT - SECT 16

    (1)     This section applies if, on or after the commencement of this section:

        (a)     a proceeding is pending in the Federal Court, Family Court, Supreme Court or Supreme Court of another State or a Territory; and

        (b)     a matter for determination in the proceeding is a matter arising under Part V, Division 1 or 1A of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth); and

        (c)     no matter for determination in the proceeding is a special federal matter; and

        (d)     the proceeding is not a proceeding by way of an appeal from a judgment of a court; and

        (e)     a court of the State, other than the Supreme Court, has jurisdiction in respect of all matters for determination in the proceeding.

    (2)     The court mentioned in subsection (1)(a) may, on the application of a party to the proceeding or of its own motion, transfer the proceeding to the court mentioned in subsection (1)(e).