s 54B General power to transfer from State Courts to General Division of High Court
54B.—(1) Where it appears to the General Division of the High Court, on the application of a party to any civil proceedings pending in a State Court, that the proceedings, by reason of its involving some important question of law, or being a test case, or for any other sufficient reason, should be tried in the General Division of the High Court, it may order the proceedings to be transferred to the General Division of the High Court.[5/2014; 40/2019] (2) An order under subsection (1) may be made on such terms as the court sees fit.Explanation.— The intended enforcement overseas of any judgment obtained in the General Division of the High Court, under any enforcement arrangements currently in force, would ordinarily be sufficient reason for transferring the proceedings to the General Division of the High Court. [40/2019]