Terms used
109 Terms used
In this section and in sections 110 to 114, unless the contrary intention appears —
Australia includes the Territories of the Commonwealth (whether internal or external) for the government of which as a Territory provision is made by any Commonwealth Act;
examination includes any proceeding for the taking of evidence of a person conducted by the judicial authorities of a foreign country in relation to a request issued as a result of an order made by a court under this Act;
inferior court means a court of the State, except when exercising federal jurisdiction, not being a superior court;
judicial authority in relation to a place outside the State, means a court or person prescribed as an appropriate judicial authority for that place;
superior court means the Supreme Court, the District Court or the Family Court of Western Australia, except when exercising federal jurisdiction.
In sections 109 to 114, a reference to a place outside the State shall be taken to refer to a place outside the State whether within or outside Australia.
[Section 109 inserted: No. 66 of 1987 s. 9; amended: No. 20 of 2013 s. 71.]
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