Supreme Court of Norfolk Island - Practice and Procedure

Practice and Procedure

Under s.59 of the 1979 Act, the jurisdiction, practice and procedure of the Supreme Court shall be as provided under "enactment", a term which includes any "Ordinance continued in force by (the 1979) Act" (s.4(1)). One such ordinance is the Supreme Court Ordinance 1960, s.5 of which provides that the Supreme Court has the same jurisdiction in and in relation to the Territory as the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory has in and in relation to the ACT.

By s.11 of the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933, the ACT Court has the same original jurisdiction, civil and criminal, as the Supreme Court of New South Wales had in relation to NSW immediately before 1 January 1911.