Commonwealth Numbered Acts

JURISDICTION OF COURTS (CROSS-VESTING) ACT 1987 No. 24 of 1987 - SECT 14

14. (1) A judgment of the Federal Court or the Family Court that is given, in
whole or in part, in the exercise of jurisdiction conferred by a law or laws
relating to cross-vesting of jurisdiction is enforceable in a Territory as if
the judgment had been given entirely in the exercise of the jurisdiction of
that court apart from any such law.

(2) A judgment of the Supreme Court of a Territory that is given, in whole or
in part, in the exercise of jurisdiction conferred by a law or laws relating
to cross-vesting of jurisdiction is enforceable in that Territory as if the
judgment had been given entirely in the exercise of the jurisdiction of that
court apart from any such law.

(3) Where-

   (a)  a provision of a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory (not being
        a law relating to the enforcement of judgments) refers to a thing done
        by the Federal Court, the Family Court or the Supreme Court of that
        Territory; and

   (b)  that thing is done by another court in the exercise of jurisdiction
        conferred by this Act, the reference in that provision to the
        Federal Court, the Family Court or the Supreme Court of that
        Territory, as the case may be, shall be read as a reference to that
        other court.