Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00171:section:8:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00171
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 13760–16684

8  Courts having jurisdiction in the Territory
 (1A) Subject to subsection (3), the courts of the prescribed State or Territory also have jurisdiction in and in relation to the Territory.
 (1B) In the exercise of its jurisdiction under this section, a court of the prescribed State or Territory may sit in the Coral Sea Islands Territory, in Norfolk Island or in the prescribed State or Territory.
 (1) Subject to subsection (3) of this section and Part VII of the Norfolk Island Act 1979, the courts of Norfolk Island have jurisdiction in and in relation to the Territory.
 (2) In the exercise of its jurisdiction under this section a court of Norfolk Island may sit in the Territory, in Norfolk Island or in Australia.
 (3) This section does not confer jurisdiction on any court in relation to matters arising under or by virtue of the provisions of:
 (a) the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021; or
 (b) the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.

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