Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Each prescribed court (other than the Federal Court) has jurisdiction with respect to matters arising under this Act in respect of which proceedings may, under this Act, be started in a prescribed court.
(2) The jurisdiction conferred by subsection (1) on the Supreme Court of a Territory is conferred:
(a) in the case of proceedings for the infringement of a patent or proceedings under subsection 125(1) or section 128, or a matter arising under this Act that may be heard and determined in the course of such proceedings--to the extent that the Constitution permits; and
(b) in any other case--only in relation to proceedings instituted by a natural person who is resident in the Territory, or a corporation that has its principal place of business in the Territory, at the time the proceedings are started.
(3) This section, so far as it relates to the Supreme Court of
Norfolk Island, has effect subject to section 60AA of the
Norfolk Island Act 1979 .