New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RETAIL LEASES ACT 1994 - SECT 71

71 Lodging of retail tenancy claims with Tribunal

(1) A party or former party to a retail shop lease or former retail shop lease may lodge a retail tenancy claim in respect of the lease with the Tribunal for determination of the claim.

(2) A claim may not be lodged more than 3 years after the liability or obligation that is the subject of the claim arose.

Note: Under section 37 of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 , the effect of enabling applications to be made to the Tribunal is to confer jurisdiction on it. By virtue of section 142 of that Act, an application includes a mechanism by which an Act provides for a matter to be brought to the attention of the Tribunal for an original decision.