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Disputes Tribunal Act 1988

Schedule 1AA: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

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"Rules for when laws change and how it affects people and jobs"

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You are looking at a schedule called Transitional, savings, and related provisions. This is part of the Disputes Tribunal Act 1988. It has rules about what happens when laws change. You can think of it like a set of instructions for when something new starts. When some laws changed in 2018, people who were already Referees could keep their jobs. They did not need to meet all the new requirements, but they had to meet some of them. You can find more information about this in section 33(1) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018. There are also rules about how much money some people get paid. If you were the Principal Disputes Referee or a Referee before a new law started, you keep getting the same amount of money. This keeps happening until the Remuneration Authority decides on new pay rates, as stated in section 9(1)‎(a). You can find more information about this in the Remuneration Authority Legislation Act 2022. Some claims made before a certain date have special rules. If you made a claim and then decided to abandon part of it, you cannot change your mind later. You cannot add back the part you abandoned or make a new claim for the same thing, as stated in section 14. This is because of changes made by the Disputes Tribunal Amendment Act 2025.

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1AATransitional, savings, and related provisions Empowered by s 2A

1Provisions relating to Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018

1Reappointment of some existing Referees

  1. For the purpose of this clause, commencement date means the date on which section 33(1) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 comes into force.

  2. A person who holds the position of Referee immediately before the commencement date and who does not meet the qualification requirement in section 7(2)(a) may be reappointed as a Referee under section 7 if he or she meets the requirements of section 7(2)(b) and (c).

Notes
  • Schedule 1AA clause 1: inserted, on , by section 62 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).

2Provision relating to Remuneration Authority Legislation Act 2022

2Remuneration of Principal Disputes Referee and Referees

  1. A person who immediately before the commencement date held office as the Principal Disputes Referee or a Referee continues to be paid the same amount of remuneration and allowances that applied to that office immediately before that date, until new remuneration and allowances are determined by the Remuneration Authority under section 9(1)(a).

  2. In this clause,—

    commencement date means the date on which the Remuneration Authority Legislation Act 2022 comes into force

      Principal Disputes Referee includes a person appointed as an Acting Principal Disputes Referee under section 6B.

      Notes
      • Schedule 1AA clause 2: inserted, on , by section 9(a) of the Remuneration Authority Legislation Act 2022 (2022 No 74).

      3Provisions relating to Disputes Tribunal Amendment Act 2025

      3Jurisdictional limit of claims made before commencement date

      1. This clause applies to a person who, before the commencement date,—

      2. makes a claim under this Act; and
        1. abandons under section 14 so much of the claim as exceeds $30,000 in order to bring the claim within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal.

          1. If the claim has not been disposed of before the commencement date, the person may not, on or after the commencement date,—

          2. amend the claim to include any of the amount of the claim that the person abandoned under section 14; or
            1. withdraw, or ask the Disputes Tribunal to strike out, the claim in order to make a new claim seeking—
              1. the amount originally claimed; and
                1. the amount, in whole or in part, that the person had abandoned under section 14.

                2. In this clause, commencement date means the date on which this clause comes into force.

                Notes
                • Schedule 1AA clause 3: inserted, on , by section 7(a) of the Disputes Tribunal Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 60).