Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 2009 (106 of 2009)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 2   Consequential and other amendments

Judiciary Act 1903

104   Subsection 71A(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Part, or any provision of any law of a State or Territory, the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth may file an indictment for any indictable offence against the laws of the Commonwealth in:

(a) the High Court; or

(b) if the Federal Court of Australia has jurisdiction to try a person for the offence - that Court; or

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

without examination or commitment for trial.