South Australian Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC PARTNERS PROPERTY ACT 1996 - SECT 13

13—Small claims

        (1)         If the aggregate amount claimed by the applicant on an application under this Part is $6 000 or less, the application is a minor statutory proceeding ¹ .

        (2)         To ascertain the amount claimed by an applicant on an application under this Part, all monetary amounts and the value of interests in property claimed must be aggregated.

Note—

1         A "minor statutory proceeding includes a proceeding declared by statute to be a minor statutory proceeding. (See definition of "minor statutory proceeding in section 3(1) of the Magistrates Court Act 1991 .) The characterisation of a proceeding as a minor statutory proceeding means that (subject to certain rules stated in section 3 of the Magistrates Court Act 1991 ) the proceeding is to be dealt with under the special rules for minor civil actions prescribed in Division 2 of Part 5 of the Magistrates Court Act 1991 .