4Jurisdiction of State courts

4 Jurisdiction of State courts

(1)  Subject to this section, the several courts of Tasmania are, by virtue of this section, invested with jurisdiction in all matters arising under the laws having effect or applying by virtue of section 3 .

(2)  The jurisdiction with which the several courts are invested by subsection (1) is invested within the limits, other than limits having effect by reference to localities, of their several jurisdictions.

(3)  The jurisdiction vested in a court of summary jurisdiction or in any one or more justices by this section shall not be exercised except by a court constituted by a magistrate sitting alone.

(4)  This section does not limit the jurisdiction that a court has apart from this section.

(5)  In this section –

court of summary jurisdiction has the meaning assigned to that expression by the Justices Act 1959 .