Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court that is exercisable by one Judge may be exercised by the Judge sitting in Chambers, in the following cases:
(a) Applications relating to the conduct of a cause or matter;
(b) Applications relating to the custody, management or preservation of property, or to the sale of property and the disposition of the purchase money;
(c) Applications which, by the terms of any law of the State of New South Wales continued in force in the Territory, may be made to a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales sitting in Chambers; and
(d) Applications for directions and other applications which, by or under this, or any other Act, by or under an Ordinance or enactment or by Rules of Court, are authorized to be made to the Judge sitting in Chambers;
but the Judge may order the application to be adjourned into Court and heard in open Court.
(2) The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court exercisable by the Judge sitting in Chambers may be so exercised at Canberra or at any other place in the Commonwealth.