Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CORPORATIONS (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) ACT 1990 - SECT 42B

42B .         Jurisdiction of lower courts

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

        (2)         The jurisdiction conferred on a lower court by subsection (1) —

            (a)         is subject to the court’s general jurisdictional limits, so far as they relate to the amounts, or the value of property, with which the court may deal; but

            (b)         is not subject to the court’s other jurisdictional limits.

        [Section 42B inserted by No. 28 of 1995 s. 6; amended by No. 32 of 2001 s. 12.]