Judiciary Act 1914

JUDICIARY.

No. 11 of 1914.

An Act to amend the Judiciary Act 1903–1912.

[Assented to 29th October, 1914.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Judiciary Act 1914.

(2.) The Judiciary Act 1903–1912, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Judiciary Act 1903–1914.

Amendment of s. 30.

2. Section(a) thirty of the Judiciary Act 1903–1912 is amended by omitting the words “in all matters arising under the Constitution or involving its interpretation”, and inserting in their stead the words “in all matters—

(a) arising under the Constitution or involving its interpretation, and

(b) of Admiralty or maritime jurisdiction.”

3. After section thirty of the Judiciary Act 1903–1912 the following section is inserted:—

High Court a Colonial Court of Admiralty.

“30a. The High Court is hereby declared to be a Colonial Court of Admiralty within the meaning of the Imperial Act known as the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890.”