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Corporations Act 1989
58AAMeaning of court and Court
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#### 58AA Meaning of court and Court
(1) Subject to subsection (3), in this Law:
> court means any court when exercising the jurisdiction of this jurisdiction.
> Court means any of the following courts when exercising the jurisdiction of this jurisdiction:
(a) the Federal Court;
(b) the Supreme Court of this or any other jurisdiction;
(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.
(2) 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 Law may, subject to the Acts mentioned in subsection (3), be brought in any court.
(3) The jurisdiction that courts have in relation to matters under this Law is dealt with in Part 9 of each of the following:
(a) the Corporations Act 1989;
(b) the Corporations (New South Wales) Act 1990 of New South Wales;
(c) the Corporations (Victoria) Act 1990 of Victoria;
(d) the Corporations (Queensland) Act 1990 of Queensland;
(e) the Corporations (Western Australia) Act 1990 of Western Australia;
(f) the Corporations (South Australia) Act, 1990 of South Australia;
(g) the Corporations (Tasmania) Act 1990 of Tasmania;
(h) the Corporations (Northern Territory) Act 1990 of the Northern Territory.
(4) The matters dealt with in those Parts of those Acts include the applicability of limits on the jurisdictional competence of courts.