Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CORPORATIONS (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) ACT 1990 - SECT 42

42 .         Jurisdiction of State and Territory Supreme Courts

        (1)         Subject to section 9 of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 of the Commonwealth, jurisdiction is conferred on the Supreme Court of Western Australia and of each other State and the Capital Territory with respect to civil matters arising under the Corporations Law of Western Australia.

        (1a)         With respect to matters involving or related to decisions made, or proposed to be made, under the Corporations Law of a State or the Capital Territory by a Commonwealth authority or an officer of the Commonwealth, jurisdiction is conferred on the Supreme Court of Western Australia and of each other State and the Capital Territory in accordance with the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 of the Commonwealth as if that Act conferred jurisdiction in matters arising under it on those Supreme Courts.

        (1b)         Subsection (1a) applies to a decision made, or proposed or required to be made —

            (a)         whether or not in the exercise of a discretion; and

            (b)         whether before or after the commencement of section 10(2) of the Acts Amendment (Federal Courts and Tribunals) Act 2001 .

        (2)         The jurisdiction conferred on a Supreme Court by subsection (1) or (1a) is not limited by any limits to which any other jurisdiction of that Supreme Court may be subject.

        [Section 42 amended by No. 51 of 1991 s. 7; No. 32 of 2001 s. 10.]