Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00068:section:14c
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00068
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 14C
Character Range: 51849–52993

14C  Transfer of Supreme Court jurisdiction
 (1) This section applies to the jurisdiction vested in the Supreme Court of the Territory or a Judge of that Court immediately before the transfer day, except in relation to matters for which:
 (a) proceedings were pending in that Court immediately before that day; or
 (b) proceedings had been completed in that Court before that day.
 (2) On and after the transfer day, the jurisdiction:
 (a) ceases to be vested in the Supreme Court of the Territory or a Judge of that Court; and
 (b) is vested in:
 (i) if the Family Court of Western Australia or a Judge of that Court would, apart from this section, have the jurisdiction under subsection 14B(1)—the Family Court of Western Australia or a Judge of that Court (as the case requires); or
 (ii) if the District Court of Western Australia or a Judge of that Court would, apart from this section, have the jurisdiction under subsection 14B(1)—the District Court of Western Australia or a Judge of that Court (as the case requires); or
 (iii) in any other case—the Supreme Court of Western Australia or a Judge of that Court (as the case requires).