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CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 No. 50, 2001 - SECT 1382

Definitions

(1) In this Division:

"appeal or review proceeding", in relation to an order of a court, means a proceeding by way of appeal, or otherwise seeking review, of the order.

"enforcement proceeding", in relation to an order made by a court, means:

(a)
a proceeding to enforce the order; or

(b)
any other proceeding in respect of a breach of the order.

"federal corporations proceeding" means a proceeding of any of the following kinds that, immediately before the commencement, was before a court:

(a)
a proceeding in respect of a matter arising under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 involving or related to a decision made under a provision of the old corporations legislation of a State or Territory in this jurisdiction;

(b)
a proceeding for a writ of mandamus or prohibition, or an injunction, against an officer or officers of the Commonwealth (within the meaning of section 75 of the Constitution) in relation to a matter to which a provision of the old corporations legislation of a State or Territory in this jurisdiction applied;

(c)
a proceeding in the court's accrued federal jurisdiction in relation to a matter to which a provision of the old corporations legislation of a State or Territory in this jurisdiction applied.

"interlocutory application" means an application that:

(a)
is made during the course of a proceeding; and

(b)
is for an order that is incidental to the principal object of that proceeding, including, for example:

(i)
an order about the conduct of that proceeding; or
(ii)
an order assisting a party to that proceeding to present their case in that proceeding; or
(iii)
an order protecting or otherwise dealing with property that is the subject matter of that proceeding;
but not including an order making a final determination of existing rights or liabilities.

"interlocutory order" means:

(a)
an order made in relation to an interlocutory application; or

(b)
an order or direction about the conduct of a proceeding.

"interlocutory proceeding "means a proceeding:

(a)
dealing only with; or

(b)
to the extent it deals with;

an interlocutory application.

"primary proceeding "means a proceeding other than an interlocutory proceeding.

"proceeding "means a proceeding, whether criminal or civil, before a court.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, if an interlocutory proceeding relates to a proceeding that is itself an interlocutory proceeding, the first-mentioned proceeding is taken to relate also to the primary proceeding to which the second-mentioned proceeding relates.



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