Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Act 1999
4Meaning of ineffective judgment
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4 Meaning of ineffective judgment
4 Meaning of ineffective judgment
(1) A reference in this Act to an ineffective judgment is a reference to a judgment of a federal court in a State matter given or recorded, before the commencement of this section, in the purported exercise of jurisdiction purporting to have been conferred on the federal court by a relevant State Act.
(2) If—
(a) a Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia in its appellate jurisdiction has purported to affirm, reverse or vary an ineffective judgment, or
(b) a Full Court of the Family Court of Australia has purported to affirm, reverse or vary an ineffective judgment,
a reference in this Act to the ineffective judgment is a reference to the ineffective judgment in the form in which, and to the extent to which, it purports or purported to have effect from time to time.