Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
Act —
Family Court means the Family Court of Australia;
Federal Court means the Federal Court of
Australia;
Full Court , in relation to a Supreme Court of a
State, includes any court of the State to which appeals lie from a single
judge of that Supreme Court;
judgment means a judgment, decree or order,
whether final or interlocutory;
party , in relation to a proceeding, includes a
person who intervenes in the proceeding;
proceeding does not include a criminal proceeding;
special federal matter has the same meaning as in
the Commonwealth Act;
State includes the Northern Territory and the
Australian Capital Territory;
State Family Court , in relation to a State, means
a court of that State to which section 41 of the Family Law Act 1975
of the Commonwealth applies by virtue of a proclamation made under
section 41(2) of that Act;
State matter means a matter —
(a) in
which the Supreme Court has jurisdiction otherwise than by reason of a law of
the Commonwealth or of another State; or
(b)
removed to the Supreme Court under section 8;
Territory does not include the Northern Territory
or the Australian Capital Territory;
the Commonwealth Act means the
Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 of the Commonwealth.
(2) A reference in
this Act, other than a reference in section 4(3), (6) or (7), 5(3) or (4)
or 7(4), to the Supreme Court of a State includes, if there is a State Family
Court of that State, a reference to that State Family Court.
(3) In this Act, a
reference to a Commonwealth Act is a reference to that Act, if amended, as
amended and in force for the time being.
[Section 3 amended by No. 3 of 1994
s. 4, 6 and 8.]