Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FOREIGN JUDGMENTS ACT 1991 No. 112 of 1991 - SECT 18

18. (1) Subject to this section, a judgment that:

   (a)  is a judgment of a court of a country that is not a country prescribed
        for the purposes of subsection 5 (1); and

   (b)  but for the operation of this Act (other than section 19), would be
        registrable under the law of a State or Territory; may be registered
        in the Supreme Court of that State or Territory.

(2) This section does not extend to the courts of countries that are
prescribed for the purposes of this section.

(3) This section ceases to be in force at the end of 2 years, or such lesser
period as is prescribed, after the day on which it commences.