Victorian Consolidated Legislation

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 valid 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.