New South Wales Consolidated Acts(cf Act No 206 of 1987, sec 32)
(1) The Tribunal has no jurisdiction to make in respect of a particular consumer claim an order or orders in favour of the claimant or, where there are two or more claimants, in favour of those claimants if the total of:(a) the amount or amounts (if any) of money to be paid, and(b) the value or values (if any) of the work to be performed, or the services to be supplied, and(c) the amount or amounts (if any) of money to be declared not to be due or owing, and(d) the value or values of goods (if any) to be delivered or replaced,under or by virtue of the order or orders would exceed the amount prescribed by the regulations in respect of claims of that class or description.
(2) The Tribunal has no jurisdiction to make in respect of a particular consumer claim an order or orders referred to in section 8 (2) if the amount or the total of the amounts (if any) to be paid under or by virtue of the order or orders would exceed the amount prescribed by the regulations in respect of claims of that class or description.
(2A) The Tribunal has no jurisdiction to make in respect of a particular consumer claim an order or orders referred to in section 8 (2A) if the total of:(a) the amount or amounts (if any) of money to be paid, and(b) the value or values (if any) of the services to be supplied, and(c) the value or values of goods (if any) to be delivered,under or by virtue of the order or orders would exceed the amount prescribed by the regulations in respect of claims of that class or description.
(3) Subsections (1), (2) and (2A) do not apply in relation to a consumer claim arising from the supply of a new motor vehicle that is used substantially for private purposes within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1988 .
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3):
"new motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is not a second-hand motor vehicle within the meaning of the Motor Dealers Act 1974 .