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JURISDICTION OF COURTS (CROSS-VESTING) ACT 1987 No. 24 of 1987 - SECT 3
Interpretation and application
3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-
"Family Court" means the Family Court of Australia;
"Federal Court" means the Federal Court of Australia;
"Full Court", in relation to a Supreme Court of a State, includes any court of
the State to which appeals lie from a single judge of that Supreme Court;
"judgment" means a judgment, decree or order, whether final or interlocutory;
"party", in relation to a proceeding, includes a person who intervenes in the
proceeding;
"proceeding" does not include a criminal proceeding;
"special federal matter" means-
(a) a matter arising under Part IV (other than section 45D or 45E) of the
Trade Practices Act 1974;
(b) a matter involving the determination of questions of law on appeal
from a decision of, or of questions of law referred or stated by, a
tribunal or other body established by an Act or a person holding
office under an Act, not being a matter for determination in an appeal
or a reference or case stated to the Supreme Court of a State or
Territory under a law of the Commonwealth that specifically provides
for such an appeal, reference or case stated to such a court;
(c) a matter arising under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review)
Act 1977 ;
(d) a matter arising under section 32 of the National Crime Authority Act
1984 ; or
(e) a matter that is within the original jurisdiction of the Federal Court
by virtue of section 39B of the Judiciary Act 1903,
being a matter in respect of which the Supreme Court of a State or Territory
would not, apart from this Act, have jurisdiction;
"State" includes the Northern Territory;
"State Family Court", in relation to a State, means a court of that State to
which section 41 of the Family Law Act 1975 applies by virtue of a
Proclamation made under sub-section 41 (2) of that Act;
"Territory" does not include the Northern Territory.
(2) A reference in this Act, other than a reference in sub-section 4 (1), 5
(3) or 7 (4), to the Supreme Court of a State includes, if there is a State
Family Court of that State, a reference to that State Family Court.
(3) This Act extends to every external Territory.
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