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Acts which confer jurisdiction (as at 30 June 2007)

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(Only Principal Acts are included)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 2005

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984

Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976

Aboriginal Land (Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest) Act 1987

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

ACIS Administration Act 1999

Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

Admiralty Act 1988

Advance Australia Logo Protection Act 1984

Age Discimination Act 2004

Aged Care Act 1997

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994

Air Navigation Act 1920

Airports Act 1996

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Act 1998

Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

Australian Energy Market Act 2004

Australian Federal Police Act 1979

Australian Industry Development Corporation Act 1970

Australian National Railways Commission Sale Act 1997

Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006

Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980

Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

Banking Act 1959

Bankruptcy Act 1966

Broadcasting Act 1942

Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005

Broadcasting Services Act 1992

Building Industry Act 1985

Charter of the United Nations Act 1945

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

Circuit Layouts Act 1989

Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959

Coal Industry Repeal Act 2001

Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes) Act 1998

Commonealth Serum Laboratories Act 1961

Complaints (Australian Federal Police) Act 1981

Copyright Act 1968

Corporations Act 2001

Crimes Act 1914

Criminal Code Act 1995

CSL Sale Act 1993

Customs Act 1901

Dairy Industry Service Reform Act 2003

Dairy Produce Act 1986

Debits Tax Administration Act 1982

Defence Act 1903

Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955

Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

Designs Act 2003

Diplomatic and Consular Missions Act 1978

Disability Discrimination Act 1992

Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

Egg Industry Service Provision Act 2002

Employment Services Act 1994

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Evidence Act 1995

Evidence and Procedure (New Zealand) Act 1994

Excise Act 1901

Export Markets Development Grants Act 1997

Extradition Act 1988

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

Federal Court of Australia (Consequential Provisions) Act 1976

Federal Proceedings (Costs) Act 1981

Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001

Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998

Financial Sector (Transfer of Business) Act 1999

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

Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000

Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Act 1998

Gene Technology Act 2000

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989

Health Insurance Act 1973

Health Insurance Commission Act 1973

Health Insurance Commission Act (Reform and Separation of Functions) Act 1997

Hearing Services Administration Act 1997

Hearing Services and Aghs Reform Act 1997

Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986

Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

Independent Contractors Act 2006

Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

Industrial Relations Reform Act 1993

Insurance Acquisition and Takeovers Act 1991

Insurance Act 1973

Interactive Gambling Act 2001

International Criminal Court Act 2002

International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

Judiciary Act 1903

Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987

Jurisdiction of Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1987

Lands Acquisition Act 1989

Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

Life Insurance Act 1995

Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984

Maritime Transport Security Act 2003

Medibank Private Sale Act 2006

Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003

Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002

Migration Act 1958

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

Moomba/Sydney Pipeline System Sale Act 1994

Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989

National Environment Protection Measures (Implementation) Act 1998

National Health Act 1953

National Measurement Act 1960

National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) Act 2004

National Transmission Network Sale Act 1998

Native Title Act 1993

Navigation Act 1912

Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987

Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987

Ombudsman Act 1976

Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989

Parliamentary Privelieges Act 1987

Patents Act 1990

Payments Systems (Regulations) Act 1998

Petroleum (Australia-Indonesia Zone of Cooperation) (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990

Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987

Petroleum Retail Marketing Franchise Act 1980

Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Act 1980

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Act 1991

Pig Industry Act 2001

Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994

Privacy Act 1988

Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1997

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti–fouling Systems) Act 2006

Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993

Qantas Sale Act 1992

Radiocommunications Act 1992

Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923

Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997

Royal Commissions Act 1902

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

Sales Tax Assessment Act (No. 1) 1930

Service and Execution of Process Act 1992

Shipping Registration Act 1981

Snowy Hyrdo Corporatisation Act 1997

Space Activities Act 1998

Spam Act 2003

Superannuation Contributions Tax (Assessment and Collection) Act 1997

Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act 1993

Surveillance Devices Act 2004

Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997

Taxation Administration Act 1953

Telecommunications Act 1997

Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979

Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consquential Amendments) Act 1997

Telstra Corporation Act 1991

Termination Payments Tax (Assessment and Collection) Act 1997

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

Trade Marks Act 1995

Trade Practices Act 1974

Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003

Treasury Bills Act 1914

Veterans' Entitlements (Clarke Review) Act 1999

Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005

Wool International Privatisation Act 1999

Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

Workplace Relations Act 1996

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