44ATransfer of proceedings by Family Court and State Family Courts

### 44A Transfer of proceedings by Family Court and State Family Courts > *\[Section 44A Inserted by No. 5 of 1992, s. 11 \]* > > > (1)  [*\[Section 44A Subsection (1) amended by No. 11 of 2001, s. 24, Applied:01 Jun 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-06-01/act-2001-011#GS24@Hpa@EN) This section applies to a proceeding with respect to a civil matter arising under the [Corporations Law of Tasmania](#GS41@Gs2@EN) in a State Family Court (in this section called the "first court") having jurisdiction under [section 42A](#GS42A@EN) . > > > (2)  [*\[Section 44A Subsection (2) amended by No. 11 of 2001, s. 24, Applied:01 Jun 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-06-01/act-2001-011#GS24@Hpf@EN) [*\[Section 44A Subsection (2) amended by No. 11 of 2001, s. 24, Applied:01 Jun 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-06-01/act-2001-011#GS24@Hpe@EN) *\[Section 44A Subsection (2) amended by No. 33 of 1995, s. 8 \]*If it appears to the first court that – > > > > > > (a) [*\[Section 44A Subsection (2) amended by No. 11 of 2001, s. 24, Applied:01 Jun 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-06-01/act-2001-011#GS24@Hpb@EN) the proceeding arises out of, or is related to, another proceeding pending in another court of a State or of the Capital Territory, and that the court in which the other proceeding is pending is the most appropriate court to determine the first-mentioned proceeding; or > > > > > > > (b) [*\[Section 44A Subsection (2) amended by No. 11 of 2001, s. 24, Applied:01 Jun 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-06-01/act-2001-011#GS24@Hpc@EN) having regard to – > > > > > > > > > > (i) whether, in the first court's opinion, apart from this Division or a law of another State or of the Capital Territory corresponding to this Division, the proceeding, or a substantial part of it, would have been incapable of being instituted in the first court; and > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) the extent to which, in the first court's opinion, the matters for determination in the proceeding are matters not within the first court's jurisdiction apart from this Division or such a law; and > > > > > > > > > > > (iii) the interests of justice – > > > > > > > > another court of a State or of the Capital Territory, is the most appropriate court to determine the proceeding; or > > > > > > > (c) [*\[Section 44A Subsection (2) amended by No. 11 of 2001, s. 24, Applied:01 Jun 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-06-01/act-2001-011#GS24@Hpd@EN) it is otherwise in the interests of justice that another court of a State or of the Capital Territory, determine the proceeding – > > > > the first court must transfer that proceeding to that other court. > > > (3)  Subject to [subsection (2)](#GS44A@Gs2@EN) , if it appears to the first court that – > > > > > > (a) [*\[Section 44A Subsection (3) amended by No. 11 of 2001, s. 24, Applied:01 Jun 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-06-01/act-2001-011#GS24@Hpg@EN) the proceeding arises out of, or is related to, another proceeding pending in another State Family Court having jurisdiction under [section 42A](#GS42A@EN) in the matters for determination in the first-mentioned proceeding, and that the other court is the most appropriate court to determine the first-mentioned proceeding; or > > > > > > > (b) [*\[Section 44A Subsection (3) amended by No. 11 of 2001, s. 24, Applied:01 Jun 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-06-01/act-2001-011#GS24@Hph@EN) it is otherwise in the interests of justice that the proceeding be determined by another State Family Court having jurisdiction under [section 42A](#GS42A@EN) in the matters for determination in the proceeding – > > > > the first court must transfer the proceeding to the other court. > > > (4)  If – > > > > > > (a) the first court transfers the proceeding to another court; and > > > > > > > (b) it appears to the first court that – > > > > > > > > > > (i) there is another proceeding pending in the first court that arises out of, or is related to, the first-mentioned proceeding; and > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) it is in the interests of justice that the other court also determine the other proceeding – > > > > the first court must also transfer the other proceeding to the other court. > > > (5)  [*\[Section 44A Subsection (5) inserted by No. 11 of 2001, s. 24, Applied:01 Jun 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-06-01/act-2001-011#GS24@Hpi@EN) Nothing in this section confers on a court jurisdiction that the court would not otherwise have.