Acts which Confer Jurisdiction

as at 26 July 2022

The statutes listed are those which confer jurisdiction upon the Court in addition to the general jurisdiction vested under the Constitution through section 39B of the Judiciary Act 1903.

• A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984
• Aboriginal Land (Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest) Act 1987
• Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
• Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
• Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
• Admiralty Act 1988
• Advance Australia Logo Protection Act 1984
• Age Discrimination Act 2004
• Aged Care Act 1997
• Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018
• Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994
• Air Navigation Act 1920
• Airports Act 1996
• Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation (Abolition) Act 2014
• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
• Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Act 1998
• Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020
• Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012
• Australian Astronomical Observatory (Transition) Act 2018
• Australian Citizenship Act 2007
• Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
• Australian Energy Market Act 2004 
• Australian Grape and Wine Authority Act 2013
• Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
• Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015
• Australian National Railways Commission Sale Act 1997
• Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989
• Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998
• Australian River Co. Limited Act 2015
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
• Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006
• Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011
• Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
• Banking Act 1959
• Bankruptcy Act 1966
• Biosecurity Act 2015
• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Act 2017
• Broadcasting Services Act 1992
• Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 2010
• Building Industry Act 1985
• Business Names Registration Act 2011
• Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Act 2015
• Charter of the United Nations Act 1945
• Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
• Circuit Layouts Act 1989
• Civil Aviation Act 1988
• Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959
• Coal Industry Repeal Act 2001
• Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Administration Act 1992
• Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992
• Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012
• Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
• Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes) Act 1998
• Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Act 1961
• Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (formerly the Trade Practices Act 1974)
• Copyright Act 1968
• Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
• Corporations Act 2001
• Court Security Act 2013
• Crimes Act 1914
• Criminal Code Act 1995
• Cross-Border Insolvency Act 2008
• Customs Act 1901
• Dairy Industry Service Reform Act 2003
• Dairy Produce Act 1986
• Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022
• Defence Act 1903
• Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955
• Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001
• Defence Service Homes Act 1918
• Defence Trade Controls Act 2012
• Dental Benefits Act 2008
• Designs Act 2003
• Diplomatic and Consular Missions Act 1978
• Disability Discrimination Act 1992
• Do Not Call Register Act 2006
• Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
• Egg Industry Service Provision Act 2002
• Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015
• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
• Excise Act 1901
• Export Control Act 2020
• Export Market Development Grants Act 1997
• Extradition Act 1988
• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
• Fair Work Act 2009
• Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
• Federal Proceedings (Costs) Act 1981
• Federal Safety Commissioner Act 2022 
• Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018
• Financial Sector (Business Transfer and Group Restructure) Act 1999
• Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
• Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998
• Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
• Fisheries Management Act 1991
• Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975
• Foreign Evidence Act 1994
• Foreign Judgments Act 1991
• Foreign Proceedings (Excess of Jurisdiction) Act 1984
• Foreign States Immunities Act 1985
• Freedom of Information Act 1982
• Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
• Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000
• Fuel Security Act 2021
• Future Fund Act 2006
• Gene Technology Act 2000
• Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Act 2018
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment (Authority Governance and Other Matters) Act 2018
• Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012
• Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989
• Health Insurance Act 1973
• Health Insurance Commission (Reform and Separation of Functions) Act 1997
• Health Workforce Australia (Abolition) Act 2014
• Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010
• Hearing Services Administration Act 1997
• Hearing Services and AGHS Reform Act 1997
• Higher Education Support Act 2003
• Horse Disease Response Levy Collection Act 2011
• Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000
• Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012
• Imported Food Control Act 1992
• Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
• Independent Contractors Act 2006
• Industrial Chemicals Act 2019
• Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Act 2021
• Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Act 2019
• Insurance Acquisition and Takeovers Act 1991
• Insurance Act 1973
• Insurance Contracts Act 1984
• Interactive Gambling Act 2001
• International Arbitration Act 1974
• International Criminal Court Act 2002
• International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995
• Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commission) Act 2012
• Judiciary Act 1903
• Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987
• Lands Acquisition Act 1989
• Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006
• Life Insurance Act 1995
• Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984
• Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 2014
• Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
• Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Act 2017
• Medibank Private Sale Act 2006
• Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003
• Migration Act 1958
• Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
• Moomba-Sydney Pipeline System Sale Act 1994
• Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989
• Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987
• My Health Records Act 2012
• Narcotics Drugs Act 1967
• National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011
• National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016
• National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
• National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
• National Environment Protection Measures (Implementation) Act 1998
• National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
• National Health Act 1953
• National Health Security Act 2007
• National Measurement Act 1960
• National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012
• National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018
• National Rental Affordability Scheme Act 2008
• National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004
• National Sports Tribunal Act 2019
• National Transmission Network Sale Act 1998
• National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011
• Native Title Act 1993
• Norfolk Island Act 1979
• Not-for-profit Sector Freedom to Advocate Act 2013
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987
• Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021
• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Titles Administration and Other Measures) Act 2021
• Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987
• Ombudsman Act 1976
• Online Safety Act 2021
• Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989
• Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
• Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987
• Parliamentary Retirement Travel Act 2002
• Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017
• Patents Act 1990
• Payment Times Reporting Act 2020
• Payments Systems (Regulation) Act 1998
• Personal Property Securities Act 2009
• Petroleum and Other Fuels Reporting Act 2017
• Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
• Pig Industry Act 2001
• Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994
• Privacy Act 1988
• Private Health Insurance Act 2007
• Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015
• Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
• Product Emissions Standards Act 2017
• Product Stewardship Act 2011
• Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 2008
• Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-fouling Systems) Act 2006
• Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Funds) Act 1993
• Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
• Qantas Sale Act 1992
• Radiocommunications Act 1992
• Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020
• Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
• Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014
• Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923
• Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
• Resale Royalty Rights for Visual Artists Act 2009
• Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997
• Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018
• Royal Commissions Act 1902
• Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
• Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988
• Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2015
• Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018
• Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Act 2021
• Shipping Registration Act 1981
• Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997
• Space Activities Act 1998
• Spam Act 2003
• Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Act 2012
• Student Identifiers Act 2014
• Sugar Research and Development Services Act 2013
• Superannuation Contributions Tax (Assessment and Collection) Act 1997
• Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
• Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act 1993
• Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999
• Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Act 2021
• Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997
• Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001
• Tax Agent Services Act 2009
• Taxation Administration Act 1953
• Telecommunications Act 1997
• Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
• Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
• Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1997
• Telstra Corporation Act 1991
• Termination Payments Tax (Assessment and Collection) Act 1997
• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011
• Textile, Clothing & Footwear Strategic Investment Program Act 1999
• Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Act 2019
• Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
• Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011
• Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
• Trade Marks Act 1995
• Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003
• Treasury Bills Act 1914
• Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018
• VET Student Loans Act 2016
• Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
• Water Act 2007
• Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005
• Weapons of Mass Destruction (Prevention of Proliferation) Act 1995
• Wool International Privatisation Act 1999
• Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000
• Work Health and Safety Act 2011