438State functions under Part 5.1 of Commonwealth Act

438 State functions under Part 5.1 of Commonwealth Act

438 State functions under Part 5.1 of Commonwealth Act

(1) A State court may exercise any jurisdiction that is conferred on the court by the Commonwealth Act.

(2) A State authority may perform any function that it is necessary for the authority to perform to give effect to Part 5.1 of the Commonwealth Act.

(3) In this section:

State authority means:

(a) the Governor,

(b) a Minister of the Crown in right of the State,

(c) a department of the Public Service of the State,

(d) an agency, authority or instrumentality established under a written law of the State,

(e) a person holding or exercising the powers of an office established under a written law of the State,

(f) an officer or employee of:

(i) an agency, authority or instrumentality referred to in paragraph (d), or

(ii) a person referred to in paragraph (e),

(g) an officer appointed, or a person employed, under any other written law of the State,

(h) any other person or entity prescribed by the regulations to be a State authority for the purposes of this section.

State court means a court or other tribunal of the State.