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JURISDICTION OF COURTS (CROSS-VESTING) ACT (NO. 60 OF 1993) - SECT 3
Interpretation
3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—“ACT
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;
“Family
Court” means the Family Court of Australia;
“Federal Court”
means the Federal Court of Australia;
“Full Court”, in relation to
a Supreme Court of a State, includes a 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” means the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern
Territory or a State of the Commonwealth;
“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 subsection 41 (2) of that Act;
“Territory” does not
include the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory. (2) A
reference in this Act, other than a reference in subsection 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.
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