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Queensland
FEDERAL COURTS (STATE
JURISDICTION) BILL 1999
Queensland
FEDERAL COURTS (STATE
JURISDICTION) BILL 1999
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Meaning of "ineffective judgment" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 Act binds all persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 2--RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES
6 Rights and liabilities declared in certain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7 Effect of declared rights and liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8 Effect of things done or omitted to be done under or in relation to
rights and liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9 Section 6 regarded as having ceased to have effect in certain cases . . . . . 8
10 Powers of Supreme Court in relation to declared rights and liabilities . . . . 9
11 Certain proceedings may be treated as proceedings in the
Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
12 Proceedings for contempt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
13 Evidentiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
14 Act not to apply to certain judgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PART 3--GENERAL
15 Regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
16 Act amended by pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
17 Omission of s 22 (Jurisdiction of courts of this jurisdiction) . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1999
A BILL
FOR
An Act relating to the ineffective conferral of jurisdiction on the
Federal Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia
about certain matters
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Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction)
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
ART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
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title 3
Short
1. This Act may be cited as the Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Act 4
1999. 5
urpose 6
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2. The purpose of this Act is to provide that certain decisions of the 7
Federal Court of Australia or the Family Court of Australia have effect as 8
decisions of the Supreme Court and to make other provision relating to 9
certain matters relating to the jurisdiction of those courts. 10
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Definitions
3. In this Act-- 12
"applied administrative law" means a law of the State applying a 13
Commonwealth administrative law as a law of the State. 14
"Commonwealth administrative law" means-- 15
(a) any of the following Acts of the Commonwealth-- 16
(i) Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975; 17
(ii) Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977; 18
(iii) Freedom of Information Act 1982; 19
(iv) Ombudsman Act 1976; 20
(v) Privacy Act 1988; or 21
(b) any of the regulations in force under any of those Acts. 22
"federal court" means the Federal Court of Australia or the Family Court 23
of Australia. 24
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"ineffective judgment" has the meaning given by section 4. 1
"judgment" means a judgment, decree or order, whether final or 2
interlocutory, or a sentence. 3
"liability" includes a duty or obligation. 4
"proceeding" includes an initiating application. 5
"relevant State Act" means any of the following Acts-- 6
(a) Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Queensland) Act 1994; 7
(b) Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1964; 8
(c) Competition Policy Reform (Queensland) Act 1996; 9
(d) Corporations (Queensland) Act 1990; 10
(e) Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Act 1998; 11
(f) Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987; 12
(g) National Crime Authority (State Provisions) Act 1985; 13
(h) an Act prescribed under a regulation. 14
"right" includes an interest or status. 15
"State matter" means a matter-- 16
(a) in which the Supreme Court has jurisdiction otherwise than by 17
reason of a law of the Commonwealth or of another State or a 18
Territory; or 19
(b) that has been removed to the Supreme Court under the 20
Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987, section 8;1 or 21
(c) in respect of which a relevant State Act purports or purported to 22
confer jurisdiction on a federal court; or 23
(d) arising under or in respect of an applied administrative law. 24
1 Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987, section 8 (Orders by Supreme
Court)
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of "ineffective judgment" 1
Meaning
4.(1) A reference in this Act to an "ineffective judgment" is a reference 2
to a judgment of a federal court in a State matter given or recorded, before 3
the commencement of this section, in the purported exercise of jurisdiction 4
purporting to have been conferred on the federal court by a relevant State 5
Act. 6
(2) If-- 7
(a) a Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia in its appellate 8
jurisdiction has purported to affirm, reverse or vary an ineffective 9
judgment; or 10
(b) a Full Court of the Family Court of Australia has purported to 11
affirm, reverse or vary an ineffective judgment, 12
a reference in this Act to the ineffective judgment is a reference to the 13
ineffective judgment in the form in which, and to the extent to which, it 14
purports or purported to have effect from time to time. 15
binds all persons 16
Act
5. This Act binds all persons, including the State and, so far as the 17
legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Commonwealth and the 18
other States. 19
ART 2--RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES 20
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and liabilities declared in certain cases 21
Rights
6. The rights and liabilities of all persons are, by force of this Act, 22
declared to be, and always to have been, the same as if-- 23
(a) each ineffective judgment of-- 24
(i) the Federal Court of Australia, otherwise than as a Full Court 25
of the Federal Court of Australia; or 26
(ii) the Family Court of Australia, otherwise than as a Full Court 27
of the Family Court of Australia, 28
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had been a valid judgment of the Supreme Court constituted by a 1
single Supreme Court judge, or in the case of an ineffective judgment 2
given or recorded on or after 14 December 1991, of the Trial Division 3
of the Supreme Court; and 4
(b) each ineffective judgment of-- 5
(i) a Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia; or 6
(ii) a Full Court of the Family Court of Australia, 7
had been a valid judgment of the Full Court of the Supreme Court or, 8
in the case of an ineffective judgment given or recorded on or after 14 9
December 1991, of the Court of Appeal. 10
of declared rights and liabilities 11
Effect
7.(1) A right or liability conferred, imposed or affected by section 6-- 12
(a) is exercisable or enforceable; and 13
(b) is to be regarded as always having been exercisable or 14
enforceable, 15
as if it were a right or liability conferred, imposed or affected by a judgment 16
of the Supreme Court. 17
(2) Without limiting subsection (1) or section 6, the rights and liabilities 18
conferred, imposed or affected by section 6 include the right of a person 19
who was a party to the proceeding or purported proceeding in which the 20
ineffective judgment was given or recorded to appeal against that judgment. 21
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), each ineffective judgment of-- 22
(a) the Federal Court of Australia, otherwise than as a Full Court of 23
the Federal Court of Australia; or 24
(b) the Family Court of Australia, otherwise than as a Full Court of 25
the Family Court of Australia, 26
is deemed to be a judgment of the Supreme Court constituted by a single 27
Supreme Court judge, or in the case of an ineffective judgment given or 28
recorded on or after 14 December 1991, of the Trial Division of the 29
Supreme Court. 30
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of things done or omitted to be done under or in relation to 1
Effect
rights and liabilities 2
8.(1) Any act or thing done or omitted to be done before or after the 3
commencement of this section under or in relation to a right or liability 4
conferred, imposed or affected by section 6-- 5
(a) has the same effect, and gives rise to the same consequences, for 6
the purposes of any written or other law; and 7
(b) is to be regarded as always having had the same effect, and given 8
rise to the same consequences, for the purpose of any written or 9
other law, 10
as if it were done, or omitted to be done, to give effect to, or under the 11
authority of, or in reliance on, a judgment of the Supreme Court. 12
(2) For the purposes of an enforcement law, any act or thing done or 13
omitted to be done before or after the commencement of this section gives 14
rise to the same consequences, and is to be regarded as always having given 15
rise to the same consequences, as if each ineffective judgment were a valid 16
judgment of the Supreme Court given in or in relation to the proceeding in 17
or in relation to which the ineffective judgment was given or recorded. 18
(3) In this section-- 19
"enforcement law" means a provision of a law (other than a law relating to 20
contempt of court) that sets out a consequence for a person if the 21
person-- 22
(a) contravenes; or 23
(b) acts in a specified way while there is in force, 24
a judgment, or a particular kind of judgment, given by a court. 25
6 regarded as having ceased to have effect in certain cases 26
Section
9.(1) If-- 27
(a) before the commencement of this section, a court gave or 28
recorded an ineffective judgment (the "new judgment") on the 29
basis that an earlier ineffective judgment (the "earlier 30
judgment") was or might be of no effect; and 31
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(b) the new judgment replaced the earlier judgment, 1
section 6 has no effect in respect of the earlier judgment. 2
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the new judgment replaced the 3
earlier judgment if the new judgment-- 4
(a) purportedly conferred or imposed rights or liabilities similar to or 5
different from those purportedly conferred or imposed by the 6
earlier judgment; or 7
(b) purportedly affected rights or liabilities in a way similar to or 8
different from the way in which they were purportedly affected by 9
the earlier judgment. 10
of Supreme Court in relation to declared rights and liabilities 11
Powers
10.(1) The Supreme Court may vary, revoke, set aside, revive or suspend 12
a right or liability conferred, imposed or affected by section 6 as if it were a 13
right or liability conferred, imposed or affected by the Supreme Court in or 14
in relation to proceedings of the kind in or in relation to which the ineffective 15
judgment was given or recorded. 16
(2) In addition to its powers under subsection (1), the Supreme Court 17
also has power to give a judgment achieving any other result that could have 18
been achieved if-- 19
(a) the ineffective judgment had been a valid judgment of the 20
Supreme Court given in or in relation to proceedings of the kind 21
in or in relation to which the ineffective judgment was given or 22
recorded; and 23
(b) the Supreme Court had been considering whether-- 24
(i) to vary, revoke, set aside, revive or suspend that judgment; 25
or 26
(ii) to extend the time for the doing of any thing; or 27
(iii) to grant a stay of proceedings. 28
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proceedings may be treated as proceedings in the Supreme 1
Certain
Court 2
11.(1) In this section-- 3
"limitation law" means-- 4
(a) the Limitation of Actions Act 1974; or 5
(b) any other law that provides for the limitation of liability or the 6
barring of a right of action in respect of a claim by reference to the 7
time when a proceeding on, or the arbitration of, the claim is 8
commenced. 9
"relevant order" means-- 10
(a) an order of a federal court, whether made before or after the 11
commencement of this section, dismissing, striking out or staying 12
a proceeding relating to a State matter for want of jurisdiction; or 13
(b) a declaration by a federal court, whether made before or after the 14
commencement of this section, that it has no jurisdiction to hear 15
and determine a proceeding relating to a State matter; or 16
(c) any other decision or determination by a federal court, whether 17
made before or after the commencement of this section, that it has 18
no jurisdiction to hear and determine a proceeding relating to a 19
State matter. 20
(2) A person who was a party to a proceeding in which a relevant order is 21
made may apply to the Supreme Court for an order that the proceeding be 22
treated as a proceeding in the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court may 23
make such an order. 24
(3) If the Supreme Court makes an order under subsection (2), the 25
proceeding, despite the relevant order-- 26
(a) becomes, and must be recorded by the Supreme Court as, a 27
proceeding in the Supreme Court; and 28
(b) for the purposes of any limitation law and for all other purposes, 29
is deemed to have been brought in the Supreme Court on the day 30
on which the proceeding was first recorded as a proceeding in the 31
federal court. 32
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(4) The Supreme Court may make such ancillary orders in relation to an 1
order under subsection (2) as it considers necessary for the purposes of the 2
proceeding being treated as, becoming and being recorded as, a proceeding 3
in the Supreme Court. 4
for contempt 5
Proceedings
12. If, before or after the commencement of this section, a person has-- 6
(a) interfered with a right conferred or affected by section 6; or 7
(b) failed to satisfy or comply with a liability imposed or affected by 8
section 6, 9
the interference or failure is, and is deemed always to have been, a matter 10
that can be dealt with in the same manner as if the interference or failure had 11
been in relation to a right conferred or affected, or a liability imposed or 12
affected, by an order of the Supreme Court. 13
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Evidentiary
13. A federal court record, or a copy of a federal court record, of an 15
ineffective judgment may be adduced in evidence to show the existence, 16
nature and extent of each right or liability conferred, imposed or affected by 17
section 6. 18
not to apply to certain judgments 19
Act
14. Nothing in this Act applies to-- 20
(a) a judgment given or recorded by the Federal Court of Australia 21
that has been declared to be invalid, or has been quashed or 22
overruled, by a Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia before 23
the commencement of this section (otherwise than on the ground 24
that the court had no jurisdiction); or 25
(b) a judgment given or recorded by the Family Court of Australia 26
that has been declared to be invalid, or has been quashed or 27
overruled, by a Full Court of the Family Court of Australia before 28
the commencement of this section (otherwise than on the ground 29
that the court had no jurisdiction). 30
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ART 3--GENERAL 1
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power 2
Regulation-making
15. The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. 3
PART 4--CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT 4
amended by pt 4 5
Act
16. This part amends the Competition Policy Reform (Queensland) Act 6
1996. 7
of s 22 (Jurisdiction of courts of this jurisdiction) 8
Omission
17. Section 22-- 9
omit. 10
© State of Queensland 1999
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