MAGISTRATES COURT (CIVIL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 2004 - SECT 10

MAGISTRATES COURT (CIVIL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 2004 - SECT 10

10 .         Decisions for jurisdictional purposes

        (1)         The Court has jurisdiction to decide whether a claim is or is not within the jurisdiction conferred on it by section 6 or the jurisdiction referred to in section 8.

        (2)         For the purposes of deciding whether or not a claim is within the jurisdiction of the Court, the following amounts are to be disregarded —

            (a)         the interest that may be included by the Court under section 12; and

            (b)         the interest that would be payable under the Civil Judgments Enforcement Act 2004 section 8 on any judgment sum.