other than an action referred to in paragraph
(d) or (e),
(c) any action brought to recover an amount not exceeding
$20,000, which is the whole or part of the unliquidated balance of a
partnership account, or the amount or part of the amount of the distributive
share under an intestacy or of a legacy under a will,
(c1) subject to
paragraph (c), any action arising out of a commercial transaction in which the
amount (if any) claimed does not exceed the Court's jurisdictional limit,
whether on a balance of account or after an admitted set-off or otherwise,
(d3) without
limiting paragraphs (d) and (d1), any substituted proceedings within the
meaning of Division 3.2 of the Personal Injury Commission Act 2020
irrespective of the amount claimed,
(2) Where
the amount claimed in an action includes interest (being interest which
the Court could, under section 100 (1) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005, order
to be included in the amount for which it could give judgment), that interest
shall be disregarded for the purposes of--
(a) determining whether the maximum
amount for which the action is authorised by this Act to be brought has been
exceeded or not, and
(b) determining whether or not the Court has
jurisdiction to hear and dispose of the action.
(3) Where--
(a) an amendment
to subsection (1) which is enacted after, or was enacted before the
commencement of Schedule 3 to the District Court (Procedure) Amendment Act
1984 has or had the effect of increasing the amount specified in paragraph (a)
or (b) of that subsection, and
(b) an action in which an amount of money is
claimed is pending at the time when the amendment has effect or, as the case
may be, an action in which an amount of money is claimed was pending at the
time when the amendment had effect and has not been finally determined,
the Court may, on the application of the claimant, make an order altering the
amount specified in the claim to an amount not exceeding that specified in
paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection, as in force immediately after the
amendment has or had effect.