The Full Form of FCCA is Federal Circuit Court of Australia.

The Federal Circuit Court of Australia was established by the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999 formerly the Federal Magistrates Act) and its jurisdiction at inception was conferred by the Federal Magistrates (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999. These Acts received royal assent on 23 December 1999.

The Court is an independent federal court under the Australian Constitution. It is a federal court of record and a court of law and equity. Under section 8 of the FCC Act the Court is constituted by the Chief Judge and judges as appointed. Judges are appointed under the Act as justices in accordance with Chapter III of the Australian Constitution. The first applications made in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia were filed on 23 June 2000 and the Court’s first sittings were conducted on 3 July 2000 in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta and Townsville.

The establishment of the Federal Circuit Court marked a change in direction in the administration of justice at the federal level in Australia. Australia had not previously had a lower level federal court, although a considerable amount of federal law work had been done in state and territory courts of summary jurisdiction under the provisions of the Judiciary Act. The Court’s creation was an exciting development in the federal court structure. In a presentation to the 13th Commonwealth Law Conference, Melbourne 2003, Chief Justice of the High Court, Murray Gleeson said,