Consumer Claims Regulation

This Regulation was made in accordance with statutory rules which require Regulations to be reviewed and where necessary, re-made every 5 years. As such, the 2007 Regulation replaces the Consumer Claims Regulation 1999, with minor amendments including to:

• increase the limit on the Tribunal’s jurisdiction to make orders in respect of claims under the Consumer Claims Act 1998 to $30,000 (increased from the current $25,000)
• prescribe that applications are to be made in accordance with the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001
• remove clause 7 of the current Regulation, which prescribes particulars relating to any list of unsatisfactory suppliers established under section 16 of the Consumer Claims Act 1998 (no list has been established); and
• remove clause 8 of the current Regulation relating to disputes concerning commission charged by licensed property agents, as this has been superseded by clause 1(b) of Schedule 1 to the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001.