Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00302:clause:1_13j
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00302
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 13J
Character Range: 35638–36433

13J  Jurisdiction of a State or Territory court under a prescribed uniform energy law

 (1) The courts of a State or Territory are invested with jurisdiction with respect to civil and criminal matters arising under a prescribed uniform energy law of the State or Territory applied as a law of the Commonwealth.

 (2) If a provision of a prescribed uniform energy law of a State or Territory applied as a law of the Commonwealth, whether expressly or by implication, authorises a civil or criminal proceeding to be instituted in a court of the State or Territory in relation to a matter:
 (a) that provision is taken to vest the court with jurisdiction in that matter; and
 (b) the jurisdiction so vested is not limited by any limits to which any other jurisdiction of the court may be subject.