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s 39D

Ceasing jurisdiction of State or Territory courts of summary jurisdiction

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Volume 1s 1-90
Part VJurisdiction of courts
Division 2Jurisdiction in de facto financial causes

39D Ceasing jurisdiction of State or Territory courts of summary jurisdiction

(1)

The Governor‑General may, by Proclamation, fix a day as the day on and after which a de facto financial cause may not be instituted in, or transferred to, a court of summary jurisdiction in a specified participating jurisdiction.

(2)

Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a Proclamation under that subsection may be expressed to apply only in relation to one or more of the following:

(a)

proceedings of specified classes;

(b)

the institution of proceedings in, or the transfer of proceedings to, a court of summary jurisdiction in a specified part of a participating jurisdiction;

(c)

the institution of proceedings in, or the transfer of proceedings to, a court of summary jurisdiction constituted in a specified way.

(3)

A court of summary jurisdiction must not hear and determine de facto financial causes otherwise than in accordance with any Proclamation in force under subsection (1).

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