Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 No. 156 of 1976 - SECT 34

PART V-REGISTRIES, OFFICERS AND SEAL
34. (1) The Governor-General shall cause such Registries of the Court to be
established as he thinks fit, but so that at least one Registry shall be
established in each State, in the Australian Capital Territory and in the
Northern Territory.

(2) The Governor-General shall designate one of the Registries as the
Principal Registry, and each other Registry shall be a District Registry in
respect of such District as the Governor-General specifies.

(3) The Governor-General may designate a Registry to be a Registry only in
respect of a particular Division of the Court.