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PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITIES ACT 2009 - SECT 207

Jurisdiction of courts

    Jurisdiction is conferred on a court mentioned in an item in the following table with respect to a PPS matter, subject to the limits on the court's jurisdiction (if any) specified in the item:

 

Jurisdiction of courts

Item

Court on which jurisdiction is conferred

Limits of jurisdiction

1

The Federal Court

No specified limits.

1A

The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division   1)

No specified limits.

2

The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division   2)

The court does not have jurisdiction to award an amount for loss or damage that exceeds:

(a) $750,000; or

(b) if another amount is prescribed by the regulations--that other amount.

3

A superior court, or lower court, of a State or Territory

 

The court's general jurisdictional limits, including (but not limited to) limits as to locality and subject matter, to the extent that the Constitution permits.



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