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CONSUMER CREDIT (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) ACT 1996 - SECT 7

7 .         Conferral of judicial functions

        (1)         The jurisdiction that is expressed to be exercisable by the Court under the Consumer Credit (Western Australia) Code and the Consumer Credit (Western Australia) Code Regulations is exercisable — 

            (a)         only by the State Administrative Tribunal ( the Tribunal ) — 

                  (i)         in the case of any jurisdiction under section 34(5), 36(6) or (7), 44(4), 47(3), 68 to 72, 74, 77, 79, 82(b), 83(1), 88, 89, 91(1)(a), 92, 93, 98, 99(3), 162(2) or Part 6 of the Code; or

                  (ii)         in the case of any jurisdiction prescribed for the purposes of this subparagraph by regulations made under section 10;

                or

            (b)         in any other case, either by the Tribunal or a court.

        (2)         The jurisdiction conferred on a court by subsection (1)(b) is subject to the court’s general jurisdictional limits (so far as they relate to the amounts or the value of property with which the court may deal), but is not subject to the court’s other jurisdictional limits.

        (3)         Regulations may be made under section 10 making provision for or with respect to the transfer of proceedings between the Tribunal and a court or between courts.

        [Section 7 amended by No. 57 of 1997 s. 40; No. 43 of 2003 s. 7; No. 55 of 2004 s. 145.]



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