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transfer the proceeding or application to the relevant Supreme Court and recommend that the proceeding or application be transferred by the Supreme Court to the second court.

"(5) The relevant Supreme Court is not bound to comply with a recommendation under subsection (4) and it may instead decide:

  (a) to deal with the proceeding or application itself; or

     (b) to transfer the proceeding or application to some other court (which could be the first court).

"(6) Nothing in this section allows the relevant Supreme Court to transfer the proceeding or application to another court otherwise than in accordance with section 53 and the other requirements of this Division.

  "(7) In this section:

'relevant Supreme Court' means the Supreme Court of the State or Territory of which the first court is a court.".

8. Section 53B:

  (a) Omit "or 53A", substitute ", 53A or 53AA".

  (b) Add at the end:

           "; and (c) the other courts that have jurisdiction to deal with the proceeding or application.".

SCHEDULE 1—continued

9. Section 53C:

  Omit "or 53A", substitute ", 53A or 53AA".

10. Section 53D:

  Omit "or 53A", substitute ", 53A or 53AA".

11. Subsection 54(3) (paragraph (c) of the definition of "relevant jurisdiction"):

  Omit "the Supreme Court", substitute "a court".

12. Subsection 54(3) (paragraph (d) of the definition of "relevant jurisdiction"):

  Omit "the Supreme Court of a State, or a State Family Court,", substitute "a court of a State".

13. Section 55:

  Omit ", the Judges of those courts".

14. Subsection 56(2):

  (a) Omit "the Supreme Court", substitute "a court".

  (b) Omit "that Court" (wherever occurring), substitute "it".

15. Subsection 59(1):

  (a) Omit "the Supreme Court", substitute "a court".

  (b) Omit "that Court" (wherever occurring), substitute "that court".

16. Paragraph 59(2)(a):

Omit "or a State Family Court", substitute ", a State Family Court or a particular lower court of the Capital Territory or of a State".

17. Subsection 59(2):

Omit "or that State Family Court", substitute ", that State Family Court or that lower court".

18. After subsection 61(1):

  Insert:

"(1A) When a lower court of the Capital Territory is exercising jurisdiction with respect to matters arising under the Corporations Law of the Capital Territory, the court must apply the rules of court made under subsection (1), with such alterations as are necessary.".

19. Subsections 61(2) and (3):

  (a) Omit "the Supreme Court", substitute "a court".

  (b) Omit "that Court", substitute "that court".

SCHEDULE 1—continued

PART 2—AMENDMENTS OF CORPORATIONS LAW

20. Section 9 (definitions of "court" and "Court"):

  Omit the definitions, substitute:

" 'court' has the meaning given by section 58AA;

'Court' has the meaning given by section 58AA;".

21. After section 58A:

  Insert:

Meaning of "court" and "Court"

  "58AA.(1) Subject to subsection