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C2026C00069 C131
22 January 2026
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1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Interpretation
3A Certain legislation relating to Australian Capital Territory not to be enactment
4 Act to operate notwithstanding anything in existing laws
5 Applications for review of decisions
6 Applications for review of conduct related to making of decisions
7 Applications in respect of failures to make decisions
8 Jurisdiction of Federal Court and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)
9 Limitation of jurisdiction of State courts
9A Limitation of jurisdiction to review related criminal justice process decisions
9B Limitation of jurisdiction to review related civil proceeding decisions
10 Rights conferred by this Act to be additional to other rights
11 Manner of making applications
12 Application to be made a party to a proceeding
13 Reasons for decision may be obtained
13A Certain information not required to be disclosed
14 Certification by Attorney-General concerning the disclosure of information
15 Stay of proceedings—Federal Court
15A Stay of proceedings—Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)
16 Powers of the Federal Court and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) in respect of applications for order of review
17 Change in person holding, or performing the duties of, an office
18 Intervention by Attorney-General
18A Transfer of proceedings to Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1)
19 Act not to apply in relation to certain decisions
19A Act to apply in relation to certain Northern Territory laws
19B Regulations may amend Schedule 3
20 Regulations
Schedule 1—Classes of decisions that are not decisions to which this Act applies
Schedule 2—Classes of decisions that are not decisions to which section 13 applies
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Schedule 3—State, ACT and NT Acts, and parts of such Acts, that are enactments for the purposes of this Act
1 What this Schedule does
2 State, ACT and NT Acts, and parts of such Acts, that are enactments
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
