Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 No. 109 of 1989 - SECT 581

581. (1) All courts having jurisdiction in matters arising under this Act, the
Judges of those courts and the officers of, or under the control of, those
courts shall severally act in aid of, and be auxiliary to, each other in all
external administration matters.

(2) In all external administration matters, the Court:

   (a)  shall act in aid of, and be auxiliary to, the courts of the excluded
        Territories, and of prescribed countries, that have jurisdiction in
        external administration matters; and

   (b)  may act in aid of, and be auxiliary to, the courts of other countries
        that have jurisdiction in external administration matters.

(3) Where a letter of request from a court of an excluded Territory, or of a
country other than Australia, requesting aid in an external administration
matter is filed in the Court, the Court may exercise such powers with respect
to the matter as it could exercise if the matter had arisen within its own
jurisdiction.

(4) The Court may request a court of an excluded Territory, or of a country
other than Australia, that has jurisdiction in external administration matters
to act in aid of, and be auxiliary to, it in an external administration
matter.