Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM (AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA ZONE OF COOPERATION) ACT 1990 No. 36, 1990 - SECT 10

10. (1) Subject to this section, the courts of each State and Territory are
invested with federal jurisdiction in civil matters:

   (a)  relating to an act or omission done in Area A of the Zone of
        Cooperation; and

   (b)  involving damage suffered or expenses incurred by Australia, by a
        State or Territory, or by a person who is a national or permanent
        resident of Australia.

(2) The jurisdiction with which courts are invested by subsection (1) is
invested within the limits, other than limits having effect by reference to
localities, of their respective jurisdictions (whether those limits are as to
subject-matter or otherwise).

(3) This section does not limit the jurisdiction of the courts of a State or
Territory arising otherwise than under this section.