New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CONTRACTS REVIEW ACT 1980 - SECT 4

4 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"Court" means:

(a) the Supreme Court of New South Wales, or

(b) in accordance with section 134B of the District Court Act 1973 , and without affecting the jurisdictional limitations referred to in that section, the District Court of New South Wales, or

(c) in accordance with section 68 of the Local Courts Act 1982 , and without affecting the jurisdictional limitations referred to in that section, a Local Court, or

(d) in accordance with section 89D of the Home Building Act 1989 , and without affecting the jurisdictional limitations referred to in that section, the Tribunal, or

(e) in accordance with section 123 of the Retirement Villages Act 1999 , and without affecting the jurisdictional limitations referred to in that section, the Tribunal.

"land instrument" means an instrument that transfers title to land, creates an estate or interest in land or is a dealing within the meaning of the Real Property Act 1900 .
"Tribunal" means the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal established by the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 .
"unjust" includes unconscionable, harsh or oppressive, and "injustice" shall be construed in a corresponding manner.

(2) A reference in this Act to a corporation does not include a reference to:

(a) an owners corporation constituted under section 11 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 ,

(b) a corporation owning an interest in land and having a memorandum or articles of association conferring on owners of shares in the corporation the right to occupy certain parts of a building erected on that land,

all or the majority of which lots or parts, as the case may be, are intended to be occupied as dwellings.