Land and Environment Court Act 1979
16Jurisdiction of the Court generally
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16 Jurisdiction of the Court generally
16 Jurisdiction of the Court generally
(1) The Court shall have the jurisdiction vested in it by or under this or any other Act.
(1A) The Court also has jurisdiction to hear and dispose of any matter not falling within its jurisdiction under any other provision of this Act or under any other Act, being a matter that is ancillary to a matter that falls within its jurisdiction under any other provision of this Act or under any other Act.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, the jurisdiction of the Court is divided into 8 classes, as provided in this Division.
s 16: Am 1990 No 84, Sch 2; 1993 No 32, Sch 2; 1999 No 39, Sch 5 [1]; 2008 No 107, Sch 14 [3].