Corporations Act 2001

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTORY  

PART 1.2 - INTERPRETATION  

Division 7 - Interpretation of other expressions  

SECTION 58AA   MEANING OF court AND Court  

58AA(1)   [ Definitions]  

Subject to subsection (2), in this Act:

court
means any court.

Court
means any of the following courts:

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Supreme Court of a State or Territory;

(c) the Family Court of Australia;

(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)   [ Jurisdiction of courts]  

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.