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Foreign Proceedings (Excess of Jurisdiction) Act 1984

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Distinguished Terms in this instrument
Term(s) Definition Defined in Legislation See Section(s)
antitrust law

means any law of a kind commonly known as an and includes any law having as its purpose, or as its dominant purpose, the preservation of competition between manufacturing, commercial or other business enterprises or the prevention or repression of monopolies or restrictive practices in trade or

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antitrust proceedings to which this Part applies

means:

(a) proceedings instituted in or before a foreign court that are:

(i) proceedings instituted under an antitrust law; or

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Australia

when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.

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authority

includes:

(a) a court or a grand jury; and

(b) any officer, examiner, investigator or other person authorized:

(i) to take or receive evidence, whether on behalf of a court or otherwise; or

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Court

means the Federal of Australia.

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document

includes any writing and also includes any disc, tape or device on or in which information is recorded or stored, whether originally or by way of a copy.

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foreign authority

means an authority of a country other than Australia.

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foreign court

means any court, or prescribed authority, of a country other than Australia or a part of such a country.

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judgment

means a , decree or order, whether final or interlocutory.

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prescribed proceedings

, in relation to a court (including an authority that is a foreign court) of a country other than Australia or of a part of such a country, means proceedings:

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proceedings to which this Part applies

means any proceedings or other action to which this Part applies by virtue of section 5.

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substantive proceedings

means proceedings to which this Part applies by virtue of paragraph 5(a).

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