Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PATENTS ACT 1990 No. 83, 1990 - SECT 155

155. (1) Each prescribed court (other than the Federal Court) has jurisdiction
with respect to matters arising under this Act in respect of which proceedings
may, under this Act, be started in a prescribed court.

(2) The jurisdiction conferred by subsection (1) on the Supreme Court of a
Territory is conferred:

   (a)  in the case of proceedings for the infringement of a patent or
        proceedings under subsection 125 (1) or section 128, or a matter
        arising under this Act that may be heard and determined in the course
        of such proceedings - to the extent that the Constitution permits; and

   (b)  in any other case - only in relation to proceedings instituted by a
        natural person who is resident in the Territory, or a corporation that
        has its principal place of business in the Territory, at the time the
        proceedings are started.