Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

JURISDICTION OF COURTS (CROSS-VESTING) ACT (NO. 60 OF 1993) - SECT 14

14. (1) A judgment of the Federal Court or the Family Court that is given, in whole or in part, in the exercise of jurisdiction conferred by a law or laws relating to cross-vesting of jurisdiction is enforceable in the Australian Capital Territory as if the judgment had been given entirely in the exercise of the jurisdiction of that court apart from any such law.

(2) A judgment of the Supreme Court that is given, in whole or in part, in the exercise of jurisdiction conferred by a law or laws relating to cross-vesting of jurisdiction is enforceable in the Australian Capital Territory as if the judgment had been given entirely in the exercise of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court apart from any such law.

(3) Where—

        (a)     a provision of a law of the Australian Capital Territory (not being a law relating to the enforcement of judgments) refers to a thing done by the Supreme Court; and

        (b)     that thing is done by another court in exercise of jurisdiction conferred by this Act;

the reference in that provision to the Supreme Court shall be read as a reference to that other court.