New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT 1899 - SECT 31

31 Conduct of proceedings where no express provision

(1) In all proceedings under this Part not herein expressly provided for, the same shall be regulated and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the law in force for the time being respecting summary proceedings before the Local Court, and all such provisions shall, so far as the same are applicable, be in force and observed in all proceedings under this Part not herein expressly provided for; but no person shall be imprisoned for non-payment of any costs awarded under the provisions of this Part.

(2) An appeal against any determination, order, adjudication or warrant under this Part may be made to the Supreme Court under Part 5 of the Crimes (Local Courts Appeal and Review) Act 2001 as if it were a conviction arising from a court attendance notice dealt with under Part 2 of Chapter 4 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 .

(3) The Crimes (Local Courts Appeal and Review) Act 2001 applies to an appeal arising under subsection (2) with such modifications as are made by or in accordance with the regulations under that Act.

(4) At any stage of such an appeal the Supreme Court may, either as a term of granting a stay of proceedings or otherwise, from time to time extend for such period as it thinks fit the period named in any warrant for the execution thereof (whether the warrant has expired or not).