44ATransfer of proceedings by State Family Courts

44A Transfer of proceedings by State Family Courts

S. 44A(1) amended by No. 22/2000 s. 17(4)(a).

(1) This section applies to a proceeding with respect to a civil matter arising under the Corporations Law of Victoria in a State Family Court (in this section called the first court) having jurisdiction under section 42A.

S. 44A(2) amended by No. 12/1995 s. 6(2)(b).

(2) If it appears to the first court that—

S. 44A(2)(a) amended by Nos 12/1995 s. 6(2)(a), 22/2000 s. 17(4)(b)(i).

(a) 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

S. 44A(2)(b) amended by Nos 12/1995 s. 6(2)(a), 22/2000 s. 17(4)(b)(ii).

(b) having regard to—

(i) whether, in the first court's opinion, apart from this Division or a law of another State or 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

S. 44A(2)(c) amended by Nos 12/1995 s. 6(2)(a), 22/2000 s. 17(4)(b)(iii).

(c) 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 the proceeding to that other court.

(3) Subject to subsection (2), if it appears to the first court that—

S. 44A(3)(a) amended by No. 22/2000 s. 17(4)(c).

(a) the proceeding arises out of, or is related to, another proceeding pending in another State Family Court having jurisdiction under section 42A 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

S. 44A(3)(b) amended by No. 22/2000 s. 17(4)(c).

(b) it is otherwise in the interest of justice that the proceeding be determined by another State Family Court having jurisdiction under section 42A in the matters for determination in the proceeding—

the first court must transfer the proceeding to the other court.