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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Enforcement - Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunals - Jurisdiction

90: Limits on jurisdiction of Disputes Tribunals

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"Disputes Tribunals can help with motor vehicle problems up to $100,000"

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You can take a dispute to a Disputes Tribunal if one party is a motor vehicle trader and the other is not. The dispute must be about a sum of money that does not exceed $100,000. You and the other party can agree in writing to let the Disputes Tribunal decide if the amount is more than $100,000.

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Part 4Enforcement
Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunals: Jurisdiction

90Limits on jurisdiction of Disputes Tribunals

  1. A Disputes Tribunal has jurisdiction only if—

  2. one party, but not both parties, to the application or claim is a motor vehicle trader; and
    1. the total sum of the application or claim does not exceed $100,000.

      1. Despite subsection (1)(b), the parties to the application or claim may consent in writing to the determination of the application or claim by the Disputes Tribunal.

      Notes
      • Section 90(1)(b): amended, on , by section 17 of the Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 112).