Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859:section:69j
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 69J
Character Range: 399163–401396

69J  Jurisdiction of courts of summary jurisdiction
 (1) Subject to subsection (5), each court of summary jurisdiction of each State is invested with federal jurisdiction in relation to matters arising under this Part (other than proceedings for leave under section 60G).
 (2) Subject to subsection (5) and section 69K, jurisdiction is conferred on each court of summary jurisdiction of each Territory in relation to matters arising under this Part (other than proceedings for leave under section 60G).
 (3) The Governor‑General may, by Proclamation, fix a day as the day on and after which proceedings in relation to matters arising under this Part may not be instituted in, or transferred to, a court of summary jurisdiction in a specified State or Territory.
 (4) Without limiting the generality of subsection (3), a Proclamation under that subsection may be expressed to apply only in relation to one or more of the following:
 (a) proceedings of specified classes;
 (b) the institution of proceedings in, or the transfer of proceedings to, a court of summary jurisdiction in a specified part of a State or Territory;
 (c) the institution of proceedings in, or the transfer of proceedings to, a court of summary jurisdiction constituted in a specified way.
 (5) A court of summary jurisdiction must not hear and determine proceedings under this Part otherwise than in accordance with any Proclamation in force under subsection (3).
 (5A) If a Proclamation in force under subsection (3) specifies a State or Territory in respect of which a court is prescribed for the purposes of section 69GA, subsection (5) applies in relation to any section 69GA proceedings in that court as if they were proceedings under this Part in a court of summary jurisdiction.
 (6) The Governor‑General may, by Proclamation, declare that a Proclamation under subsection (3) is revoked on and from a specified day.
 (7) If, under subsection (6), the Governor‑General declares that a Proclamation under subsection (3) is revoked:
 (a) this Part (including subsection (3)) has effect as if the revoked Proclamation had not been made; but
 (b) the effect of the revoked Proclamation on the jurisdiction of courts before the specified day is not affected.