1 Name of Act
2 Commencement
3 Objects of Act
4 Definitions
Part 2 Establishment of Tribunal
Division 1 Establishment and membership
5 Establishment of Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal
6 Membership of Tribunal
7 Appointment of members
8 Qualifications of members
9 Performance management and review
Division 2 Organisation and functions
10 Divisions and sittings of Tribunal
11 Constitution of Tribunal for particular proceedings
12 Functions of Chairperson
13 Deputy Chairperson (Registry and Administration)
14 Functions of other Tribunal members
15 Appointment of assessors
16 Inquiries by assessors
17 Assessors sitting with Tribunal
18 Costs of assessors
Division 4 Registrar and staff
19 Registrar and staff
20 Functions of Registrar and Deputy Registrars
Part 3 Jurisdiction of Tribunal
21 General statement of jurisdiction
22 Other jurisdictions excluded in certain cases
23 Transfer of proceedings to courts or to other tribunals
24 Application to Tribunal
25 Notice of proceedings
26 Parties to proceedings (joint liability)
27 Presiding member
28 Procedure of Tribunal generally
29 Procedural directions by members
30 Proceedings causing disadvantage
31 Assistance to Tribunal
32 Amendments and irregularities
33 Proceedings on hearing to be conducted in public
34 Circumstances in which hearing may be dispensed with
35 Opportunity for parties to present case
36 Representation of parties
37 Interpreters
38 Oral evidence by telephone etc
39 Powers in relation to witnesses
40 Issue of summons
41 Witness may be apprehended
42 Contempt of Tribunal
43 Enforcement of certain Tribunal orders
44 Protection of Australian legal practitioners, witnesses and others
45 Tribunal divided in opinion
46 Tribunal may reserve decision
47 Power to impose conditions
48 Powers when proceedings settled
49 Notice of decisions and reasons
50 Power to correct decisions of Tribunal
51 Recovery of amounts ordered to be paid (other than penalties)
52 Compliance with order of Tribunal
53 Costs
Part 5 Alternative dispute resolution
Division 1 Conciliation and preliminary measures
54 Tribunal to promote conciliation
55 Preliminary conferences
Division 2 Mediation and neutral evaluation
56 Definitions
57 Meaning of “mediation” and “neutral evaluation”
58 Appointment of mediators and neutral evaluators
59 Referral by Tribunal
60 Costs of mediation and neutral evaluation
61 Agreements and arrangements arising from mediation or neutral evaluation sessions
62 Privilege
63 Secrecy
64 Other measures not precluded
65 Review by prerogative writ etc generally excluded
66 Referral of questions of law to Supreme Court
67 Appeal against decision of Tribunal with respect to matter of law
68 Rehearings by Tribunal
69 Original decision to operate unless otherwise ordered
70 Privileged documents
71 False or misleading statements
72 Provision of information by Tribunal
73 Improper disclosure of information
74 Act to bind Crown
75 Seal of Tribunal
76 Authentication of documents
77 Proof of certain matters not required
78 Notices, service and lodgment of documents
79 Return of documents after proceedings concluded
80 Allowances and expenses of witnesses
80A Sound recording of hearings
81 Extensions of time
82 Proceedings for offences
83 Protection from personal liability
84 Annual report
85 Chairperson may furnish reports
86 Regulations
87 Forms
88 Repeal of legislation
89 Savings, transitional and other provisions
90 (Repealed)
91 Review of Act
Schedule 1 Divisions of the Tribunal
Schedule 2 Provisions relating to members
Schedule 3 Performance management and review
Schedule 4 Provisions relating to assessors
Schedule 5 Provisions relating to mediators and neutral evaluators