Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Act 1999 - SECT 15

PART 3 GENERAL

Jurisdiction of courts

15. 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), an Act
        could validly do so.

(4) 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.