Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation and application ............................................................ 2

4............ Additional jurisdiction of certain courts ............................................. 3

5............ Transfer of proceedings ...................................................................... 5

6............ Special federal matters: general rules ................................................ 10

6A......... Special federal matters: Commonwealth authorities or officers acting under the laws of States              12

7............ Institution and hearing of appeals .................................................... 13

8............ Orders by Supreme Court of a Territory ......................................... 15

9............ Exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to cross‑vesting laws .................... 16

10.......... Transfer of matters arising under the Australian Consumer Law ..... 16

11.......... Conduct of proceedings .................................................................... 17

12.......... Orders as to costs ............................................................................. 18

13.......... Limitation on appeals ....................................................................... 18

14.......... Enforcement and effect of judgments ............................................... 18

15.......... Construction of Act to be subject to Constitution ........................... 19

16.......... Suspension or cessation of operation of Act .................................... 19

Schedule                                                                                                                                       21

Notes                                                                                                                                             23

An Act relating to the cross‑vesting of certain jurisdiction

 

 

WHEREAS inconvenience and expense have occasionally been caused to litigants by jurisdictional limitations in federal, State and Territory courts, and whereas it is desirable, so far as is constitutionally possible:

                     (a)  to establish a system of cross‑vesting of jurisdiction between those courts, without detracting from the existing jurisdiction of any court;

                     (b)  to structure the system in such a way as to ensure as far as practicable that proceedings concerning matters which, apart from this Act and any law of a State relating to cross‑vesting of jurisdiction, would be entirely or substantially within the jurisdiction (other than any accrued jurisdiction) of the Federal Court or the Family Court or the jurisdiction of a Supreme Court of a State or Territory are instituted and determined in that court, whilst providing for the determination by one court of federal and State matters in appropriate cases; and

                     (c)  if a proceeding is instituted in a court that is not the appropriate court, to provide a system under which the proceeding will be transferred to the appropriate court.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Notes to the Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross‑vesting) Act 1987

Note 1

The Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross‑vesting) Act 1987 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 24, 1987 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 23 October 2006 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross‑vesting) Act 1987	24, 1987	26 May 1987	1 July 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S191)
Industrial Relations (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988	87, 1988	8 Nov 1988	Ss. 1 and 2: Royal Assent Remainder: 1 Mar 1989 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 1989, No. S53)	S. 95
Trade Practices (Misuse of Trans‑Tasman Market Power) Act 1990	70, 1990	16 June 1990	1 July 1990 (see Gazette 1990, No.S172)	--
Patents Act 1990	83, 1990	30 Oct 1990	30 Apr 1991	--
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992	165, 1992	11 Dec 1992	S. 4 (Schedule [in part]): 11 Dec 1993 (a)	S. 3(1)
Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Act 1992	222, 1992	24 Dec 1992	21 Jan 1993	--
Industrial Relations Reform Act 1993	98, 1993	22 Dec 1993	Ss. 49-51: 30 Mar 1994 (see Gazette 1994, No. S104) (b)	--
Native Title Act 1993	110, 1993	24 Dec 1993	S. 220: 1 Jan 1994 (see Gazette 1993, No. S402) (c)	--
Competition Policy Reform Act 1995	88, 1995	20 July 1995	S. 32: 17 Aug 1995 (d)	--
Family Law Reform (Consequential Amendments) Act 1995	140, 1995	12 Dec 1995	Schedule 1 (Part 6): 11 June 1996 (see Gazette 1996, No. GN5) (e)	--
Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996	60, 1996	25 Nov 1996	Schedule 17 (items 12, 13): 17 Jan 1997 (see Gazette 1997, No. S18) (f) Schedule 19 (item 24): Royal Assent (f)	S. 2(2) and (6) (am. by 77, 1996, Sch. 3 [items 1, 2])
as amended by
Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996	77, 1996	19 Dec 1996	Schedule 3 (items 1, 2): (g)	--
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1997	34, 1997	17 Apr 1997	Schedule 12:  Royal Assent (h)	--
Jurisdiction of Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000	57, 2000	30 May 2000	Schedule 1 (items 57-69): 1 July 2000 ( see Gazette 2000, No. GN25) (i)	--
National Crime Authority Legislation Amendment Act 2001	135, 2001	1 Oct 2001	Schedules 1-7 and 9-12: 12 Oct 2001 (see Gazette 2001, No. S428) Schedule 8: 13 Oct 2001 (see Gazette 2001, No. S428)	--
Designs (Consequential Amendments) Act 2003	148, 2003	17 Dec 2003	Schedules 1 and 2: (j) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Consequential and Transitional) Act 2005	112, 2005	12 Sept 2005	Ss. 4, 5(1), (3), (4) and Schedule 1 (items 8, 9, 11): 9 Mar 2005 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Act 2006	113, 2006	23 Oct 2006	Schedules 1 and 2: 1 Mar 2007 Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 2 (item 2) [see Table A]
Dental Benefits (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008	42, 2008	25 June 2008	Schedule 1 (item 5): 26 June 2008 (see s. 2(1))	--
Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009	54, 2009	25 June 2009	Schedule 5 (item 39): (k)	--
Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 2) 2010	103, 2010	13 July 2010	Schedule 6 (items 1, 70-72, 165): 1 Jan 2011	--

(a)     The Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross‑vesting) Act 1987 was amended by section 4 (Schedule [in part]) only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992, subsection 2(5) of which provides as follows:

                 (5)   If the amendments mentioned in subsection (4) do not commence under that subsection within the period of 12 months commencing on the day on which the Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period.

(b)    The Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross‑vesting) Act 1987 was amended by sections 49-51 only of the Industrial Relations Reform Act 1993, subsection 2(6) of which provides as follows:

                 (6)   Subject to subsection (7), the remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

(c)     The Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross‑vesting) Act 1987 was amended by section 220 only of the Native Title Act 1993, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Subject to subsection (3), the remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

(d)     The Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross‑vesting) Act 1987 was amended by Schedule 2 (section 32) only of the Competition Policy Reform Act 1995, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   The following provisions commence on the 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent:

                              (a)   Parts 1, 2 and 7;

(e)     The Jurisdiction of Courts(Cross‑vesting) Act 1987 was amended by Schedule 1 (Part 6) only of the Family Law Reform (Consequential Amendments) Act 1995, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   The amendments made in Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Schedule 1 commence on the commencement of section 31 of the Family Law Reform Act 1995.

(f)      The Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross‑vesting) Act 1987 was amended by Schedule 17 (items 12 and 13) and Schedule 19 (item 24) only of the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

                 (2)   Subject to subsection (3), the items of the Schedules, other than Schedule 5, item 1 of Schedule 9, items 2 and 3 of Schedule 12, item 90 of Schedule 16 and the items of Schedule 19, commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

(g)     The Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996 was amended by Schedule 3 (items 1, 2) only of the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:

                 (4)   The items of Schedule 3 are taken to have commenced immediately after the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996 received the Royal Assent.

(h)     The Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross‑vesting) Act 1987 was amended by Schedule 12 only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(i)      The Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross‑vesting) Act 1987 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 57-69) only of the Jurisdiction of Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   The items in Schedule 1, other than items 77 to 90, commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

(j)      Subsection 2(1) (item 2) of the Designs (Consequential Amendments) Act 2003 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
2.  Schedules 1 and 2	Immediately after the commencement of section 4 of the Designs Act 2003.	17 June 2004

(k)     Subsection 2(1) (item 13) of the Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
13.  Schedule 5, items 32 to 64	Immediately after the commencement of Part 2‑4 of the Fair Work Act 2009.	1 July 2009 (see F2009L02563)

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Preamble.............................	am. No. 57, 2000
S. 3......................................	am. No. 165, 1992; No. 98, 1993; Nos. 88 and 140, 1995; No. 60, 1996; No. 34, 1997; No. 57, 2000; No. 135, 2001; No. 103, 2010
S. 4......................................	am. No. 87, 1988; No. 70, 1990; Nos. 98 and 110, 1993; No. 60, 1996; No. 34, 1997; No. 112, 2005; No. 54, 2009; No. 103, 2010
S. 5......................................	am. No. 57, 2000
Heading to s. 6....................	am. No. 57, 2000
S. 6......................................	rs. No. 165, 1992
	am. No. 57, 2000; No. 135, 2001
Note to s. 6(1).....................	ad. No. 57, 2000
S. 6A...................................	ad. No. 57, 2000
S. 9......................................	am. No. 57, 2000
Heading to s. 10..................	am. No. 103, 2010
S. 10....................................	am. No. 222, 1922; No. 103, 2010
Schedule.............................	am. No. 83, 1990; No. 148, 2003; No. 113, 2006; No. 42, 2008

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Act 2006 (No. 113, 2006)

Schedule 2

2  Transitional--pre‑commencement matters arising under the Petroleum Retail Market Franchise Act 1980

Despite the amendment of the Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross‑vesting) Act 1987 made by this Schedule, that Act continues to apply, in relation to a matter arising under the Petroleum Retail Marketing Franchise Act 1980 before the commencement of this item, as if that amendment had not been made.