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Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2021
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601 Paragraph 24(3)(b)
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
602 Subsection 5(1) (definition of Federal Circuit Court)
603 Subsection 5(1) (paragraph (a) of the definition of lower court)
604 Subsection 5(1) (paragraph (a) of the definition of relevant superior court)
605 Section 185
Division 2 deals with civil proceedings. It confers jurisdiction on the Federal Court, the Federal Circuit Court and State and Territory courts, subject to specified limits. It also contains rules about the transfer of civil proceedings between courts and other matters (such as when proceedings may be dealt with as small claims proceedings and when adverse cost orders can be made).
Division 2 deals with civil proceedings. It confers jurisdiction on the Federal Court, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) and State and Territory courts, subject to specified limits. It also contains rules about the transfer of civil proceedings between courts and other matters (such as when proceedings may be dealt with as small claims proceedings and when adverse cost orders can be made).
606 Subsection 187(1) (cell at table item 2, column headed “Court on which civil jurisdiction is conferred”)
607 Section 189 (table)
Omit “Federal Circuit Court” (wherever occurring), substitute “Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)”.
608 Subsection 191(2)
609 Subsection 191(2) (note 1)
610 Subsection 191(2) (note 2)
Note 2: For transfers from the Federal Court to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2): see section 32AB of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976.
Note 3: For transfers from the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) to the Federal Court: see section 153 of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021 and section 32AC of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976.