Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In any matter pending in the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of a State is invested with federal jurisdiction, and, to the extent that the Constitution permits, jurisdiction is conferred on the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and on the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, to hear and determine any application that may be made to a Judge of the first - mentioned court sitting in Chambers.
(2) The jurisdiction under this section may be exercised by a single Judge of the Supreme Court sitting in Chambers, and the order of the Judge shall have the effect of an order of a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia sitting in Chambers and any appeal against the order, or proceedings for enforcement of the order or for contempt of court in relation to the order, shall be brought and dealt with as if the order were an order of a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.
(3) The power of the Judges of the Federal Court of Australia or a majority of them under section 59 to make Rules of Court shall be deemed to extend to Rules of Court relating to the practice and procedure to be followed in applications in accordance with this section.
(4) This section does not apply to a proceeding that is:
(a) an indictable primary proceeding; or
(b) an Australian market proceeding within the meaning of the Trans - Tasman Proceedings Act 2010 .