Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 58AA

             (1)  Subject to subsection (2), in this Act:

"court" means any court.

"Court" means any of the following courts:

                     (a)  the Federal Court;

                     (b)  the Supreme Court of a State or Territory;

                     (c)  the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1);

                     (d)  a court to which section 41 of the Family Law Act 1975 applies because of a Proclamation made under subsection 41(2) of that Act.

             (2)  Except where there is a clear expression of a contrary intention (for example, by use of the expression "the Court"), proceedings in relation to a matter under this Act may, subject to Part 9.6A, be brought in any court.

Note:          The matters dealt with in Part 9.6A include the applicability of limits on the jurisdictional competence of courts.