Commonwealth Numbered Acts

JURISDICTION OF COURTS (CROSS-VESTING) ACT 1987 No. 24 of 1987 - SECT 4

4. (1) Where-

   (a)  the Federal Court or the Family Court has jurisdiction with respect to
        a civil matter, whether that jurisdiction was or is conferred before
        or after the commencement of this Act; and

   (b)  the Supreme Court of a State or Territory would not, apart from this
        section, have jurisdiction with respect to that matter, then-

   (c)  in the case of the Supreme Court of a State (other than the Supreme
        Court of the Northern Territory)-that court is invested with federal
        jurisdiction with respect to that matter; or

   (d)  in the case of the Supreme Court of a Territory (including the
        Northern Territory)-jurisdiction is conferred on that court with
        respect to that matter.

(2) Where-

   (a)  the Supreme Court of a Territory has jurisdiction with respect to a
        civil matter, whether that jurisdiction was or is conferred before or
        after the commencement of this Act; and

   (b)  the Federal Court, the Family Court or the Supreme Court of a State or
        of another Territory would not, apart from this section, have
        jurisdiction with respect to that matter, jurisdiction is conferred on
        the court referred to in paragraph (b) with respect to that matter.

(3) Where a proceeding is transferred to the Federal Court, the Family Court
or a State Family Court of a State, that court has, by virtue of this
sub-section, jurisdiction with respect to so many of the matters for
determination in the proceeding as that court would not have apart from this
sub-section.

(4) This section does not apply to a matter arising under the Conciliation and
Arbitration Act 1904 or under section 45D or 45E of the Trade Practices  Act
1974 .