Corporations Act 2001
CHAPTER 1
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INTRODUCTORY
PART 1.2
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INTERPRETATION
Division 7
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Meaning of some other expressions
SECTION 58AA
MEANING OF
court
AND
Court
58AA(1)
Subject to subsection (2), in this Act:
(a) the Federal Court;
(b) the Supreme Court of a State or Territory;
(c) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1);
(d) a court to which section 41 of the Family Law Act 1975 applies because of a Proclamation made under subsection 41(2) of that Act.
58AA(2)
Except where there is a clear expression of a contrary intention (for example, by use of the expression " the Court " ), proceedings in relation to a matter under this Act may, subject to Part 9.6A , be brought in any court.
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Hide history noteSubject to subsection (2), in this Act:
Court
means any of the following courts:
(a) the Federal Court;
(b) the Supreme Court of a State or Territory;
(c) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1);
(d) a court to which section 41 of the Family Law Act 1975 applies because of a Proclamation made under subsection 41(2) of that Act.
58AA(2)
Except where there is a clear expression of a contrary intention (for example, by use of the expression " the Court " ), proceedings in relation to a matter under this Act may, subject to Part 9.6A , be brought in any court.
Note: The matters dealt with in Part 9.6A include the applicability of limits on the jurisdictional competence of courts.