New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CONSUMER, TRADER AND TENANCY TRIBUNAL ACT 2001

- As at 5 June 2009
- Act 82 of 2001

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Objects of Act
   4.      Definitions

   PART 2 - ESTABLISHMENT OF TRIBUNAL
   Division 1 - Establishment and membership

   5.      Establishment of Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal
   6.      Membership of Tribunal
   7.      Appointment of members
   8.      Qualifications of members
   9.      Performance management and review
           Division 2 - Organisation and functions
   10.     Divisions and sittings of Tribunal
   11.     Constitution of Tribunal for particular proceedings
   12.     Functions of Chairperson
   13.     Deputy Chairperson (Registry and Administration)
   14.     Functions of other Tribunal members
           Division 3 - Assessors
   15.     Appointment of assessors
   16.     Inquiries by assessors
   17.     Assessors sitting with Tribunal
   18.     Costs of assessors
           Division 4 - Registrar and staff
   19.     Registrar and staff
   20.     Functions of Registrar and Deputy Registrars

   PART 3 - JURISDICTION OF TRIBUNAL

   21.     General statement of jurisdiction
   22.     Other jurisdictions excluded in certain cases
   23.     Transfer of proceedings to courts or to other tribunals

   PART 4 - PROCEDURE OF TRIBUNAL

   24.     Application to Tribunal
   25.     Notice of proceedings
   26.     Parties to proceedings (joint liability)
   27.     Presiding member
   28.     Procedure of Tribunal generally
   29.     Procedural directions by members
   30.     Proceedings causing disadvantage
   31.     Assistance to Tribunal
   32.     Amendments and irregularities
   33.     Proceedings on hearing to be conducted in public
   34.     Circumstances in which hearing may be dispensed with
   35.     Opportunity for parties to present case
   36.     Representation of parties
   37.     Interpreters
   38.     Oral evidence by telephone etc
   39.     Powers in relation to witnesses
   40.     Issue of summons
   41.     Witness may be apprehended
   42.     Contempt of Tribunal
   43.     Enforcement of certain Tribunal orders
   44.     Protection of Australian legal practitioners, witnesses and others
   45.     Tribunal divided in opinion
   46.     Tribunal may reserve decision
   47.     Power to impose conditions
   48.     Powers when proceedings settled
   49.     Notice of decisions and reasons
   50.     Power to correct decisions of Tribunal
   51.     Recovery of amounts ordered to be paid (other than penalties)
   52.     Compliance with order of Tribunal
   53.     Costs

   PART 5 - ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
   Division 1 - Conciliation and preliminary measures

   54.     Tribunal to promote conciliation
   55.     Preliminary conferences
           Division 2 - Mediation and neutral evaluation
   56.     Definitions
   57.     Meaning of “mediation” and “neutral evaluation”
   58.     Appointment of mediators and neutral evaluators
   59.     Referral by Tribunal
   60.     Costs of mediation and neutral evaluation
   61.     Agreements and arrangements arising from mediation or neutral evaluation sessions
   62.     Privilege
   63.     Secrecy
   64.     Other measures not precluded

   PART 6 - APPEALS AND REHEARINGS

   65.     Review by prerogative writ etc generally excluded
   66.     Referral of questions of law to Supreme Court
   67.     Appeal against decision of Tribunal with respect to matter of law
   68.     Rehearings by Tribunal
   69.     Original decision to operate unless otherwise ordered

   PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

   70.     Privileged documents
   71.     False or misleading statements
   72.     Provision of information by Tribunal
   73.     Improper disclosure of information
   74.     Act to bind Crown
   75.     Seal of Tribunal
   76.     Authentication of documents
   77.     Proof of certain matters not required
   78.     Notices, service and lodgment of documents
   79.     Return of documents after proceedings concluded
   80.     Allowances and expenses of witnesses
   80A.    Sound recording of hearings
   81.     Extensions of time
   82.     Proceedings for offences
   83.     Protection from personal liability
   84.     Annual report
   85.     Chairperson may furnish reports
   86.     Regulations
   87.     Forms
   88.     Repeal of legislation
   89.     Savings, transitional and other provisions
   90.     (Repealed)
   91.     Review of Act
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4
           SCHEDULE 5
           SCHEDULE 6
           Schedule 7 (Repealed)