Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FEDERAL COURTS (STATE JURISDICTION) ACT 1999 - SECT 12

12 .         Proceedings for contempt

                If, before or after the commencement of this section, a person —

            (a)         has interfered with a right conferred or affected by section 6; or

            (b)         has failed to satisfy or comply with a liability imposed or affected by section 6,

                the interference or failure is, and is deemed always to have been, a matter that can be dealt with in the same manner as if the interference or failure had been in relation to a right conferred or affected, or a liability imposed or affected, by —

            (c)         in the case of an ineffective judgment referred to in section 6(a) or 6(c) — an order of the Supreme Court; or

            (d)         in the case of an ineffective judgment referred to in section 6(b) — an order of the Family Court of WA.

        [Heading inserted by No. 32 of 2001 s. 15.]