Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00003:clause:2_8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00003
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 8
Character Range: 36956–37599

8  After subsection 79(1)
Insert:
 (1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), a Court exercising federal jurisdiction in a proceeding is taken to be exercising federal jurisdiction in:
 (a) if the laws of a State or Territory apply to a part of the proceeding because of subsection 68C(5)—that State or Territory; or
 (b) if paragraph (a) does not apply:
 (i) if the proceeding is transferred or remitted—the State or Territory to which the proceeding is transferred or remitted; and
 (ii) otherwise—the State or Territory in which the proceeding is commenced;
  except as otherwise provided by the Constitution or the laws of the Commonwealth.