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Disputes Tribunal Act 1988

Jurisdiction, functions, and orders of Tribunal

14: Abandonment to bring claim within jurisdiction

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"Abandoning part of a claim to bring it to the Tribunal"

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You can abandon part of a claim over $60,000 to bring it to the Tribunal. If you do this and the Tribunal agrees to a settlement under section 18(3), you will not be liable for the amount you abandoned. This also applies to other people involved in the claim.

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Part 2Jurisdiction, functions, and orders of Tribunal

14Abandonment to bring claim within jurisdiction

  1. A person may abandon so much of a claim as exceeds $60,000 in order to bring the claim within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal; and in that event the approval of an agreed settlement under section 18(3) or, as the case may require, an order of the Tribunal under this Act or any other enactment, in relation to the claim, shall operate to discharge from liability in respect of the amount so abandoned any other person—

  2. who is a party to that agreed settlement; or
    1. against whom the claim and the subsequent order are made.

      Compare
      • 1976 No 35 s 11
      Notes
      • Section 14: amended, on , by section 5 of the Disputes Tribunal Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 60).
      • Section 14: amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).