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CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 586.20

Jurisdiction of lower courts

  (1)   Subject to section   9 of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 , jurisdiction is conferred on the lower courts of:

  (a)   each State; and

  (b)   the Australian Capital Territory; and

  (c)   the Northern Territory;

with respect to civil matters (other than superior court matters) arising under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations legislation.

  (2)   The jurisdiction conferred on a lower court by subsection   (1):

  (a)   is subject to the court's general jurisdictional limits, so far as they relate to:

  (i)   the amounts; or

  (ii)   the value of property;

    with which the court may deal; but

  (b)   is not subject to the court's other jurisdictional limits.


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