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of documents, the giving of information or the summoning of persons as witnesses; and
 (e) a decision in connection with an appeal arising out of the prosecution.

586‑20  Jurisdiction of lower courts
 (1) Subject to section 9 of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977, jurisdiction is conferred on the lower courts of:
 (a) each State; and
 (b) the Australian Capital Territory; and
 (c) the Northern Territory;
with respect to civil matters (other than superior court matters) arising under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations legislation.
 (2) The jurisdiction conferred on a lower court by subsection (1):
 (a) is subject to the court's general jurisdictional limits, so far as they relate to:
 (i) the amounts; or
 (ii) the value of property;
  with which the court may deal; but
 (b) is not subject to the court's other jurisdictional limits.

586‑25  Appeals
 (1) An appeal may not be instituted from a decision of the Federal Court to:
 (a) a State or Territory court; or
 (b) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1).
 (2) An appeal may not be instituted from a decision of a court of the Australian Capital Territory to:
 (a) a court of a State or the Northern Territory; or
 (b) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1).
 (3) An appeal may not be instituted from a decision of a court (not being a State Family Court) of a State or the Northern Territory to:
 (a) the Federal Court; or
 (b) a court of another State or Territory; or
 (c) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1); or
 (d) a State Family Court of that State.
 (4) An appeal may not be instituted from a decision of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) to:
 (a) the Federal Court; or
 (b) a State or Territory court.
 (5) An appeal may not be instituted from a decision of a State Family Court of a State to:
 (a) the Federal Court; or
 (b) a court of another State or Territory; or
 (c) except in accordance with the law of the State under which the State Family Court is constituted—the Supreme Court of that State.

586‑30  Courts to act in aid of each other
  All courts having jurisdiction in:
 (a) civil matters arising under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations legislation; or
 (b) matters referred to in subsection 586‑5(3);
and the officers of, or under the control of, those courts must severally act in aid of, and be auxiliary to, each other in all those matters.

Subdivision 586‑C—Transfer of proceedings

586‑35  Transfer of proceedings by the Federal Court and State and Territory Supreme Courts
 (1) This section applies to