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Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003

Enforcement and remedies - Preliminary provisions - Jurisdiction

87: Jurisdiction of Disputes Tribunal

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"Disputes about credit contracts under $60,000 can be taken to the Disputes Tribunal"

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You can take some disputes to the Disputes Tribunal. The Tribunal can hear cases about credit contracts if the amount is $60,000 or less. The Disputes Tribunal is established under the Disputes Tribunal Act 1988. The Tribunal can make orders, but these orders cannot be for more than $60,000. If the Tribunal makes an order for more than $60,000, it is not valid. The Tribunal's power to hear cases is limited to $60,000. You can find more information about the Disputes Tribunal in the Disputes Tribunal Act 1988, which you can read on the New Zealand legislation website https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM133619

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Part 4Enforcement and remedies
Preliminary provisions: Jurisdiction

87Jurisdiction of Disputes Tribunal

  1. The Disputes Tribunal established under section 4 of the Disputes Tribunal Act 1988 has jurisdiction to hear and determine applications for orders under sections 90, 93, 94A, 120, and 122 if the total amount in respect of which an order of the Tribunal is sought is not more than $60,000.

  2. The Disputes Tribunal established under section 4 of the Disputes Tribunal Act 1988 has jurisdiction to hear and determine applications for orders under sections 58 and 59 if, at the date that the claim is lodged with the Tribunal, the unpaid balance under the consumer credit contract does not exceed $60,000.

  3. An order of the Disputes Tribunal under this Act must not—

  4. require a person to pay an amount exceeding $60,000:
    1. declare a person not liable to another person for an amount exceeding $60,000:
      1. vest any property exceeding $60,000 in value in any person:
        1. direct the transfer or assignment or delivery of possession of any property exceeding $60,000 in value.

          1. An order of the Tribunal that exceeds any restriction specified in subsection (3) is entirely of no effect.

          2. Repealed
          Compare
          • s 45A
          Notes
          • Section 87 heading: amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
          • Section 87(1): amended, on , by section 10 of the Disputes Tribunal Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 60).
          • Section 87(1): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
          • Section 87(1): amended, on , by section 53 of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 33).
          • Section 87(2): amended, on , by section 10 of the Disputes Tribunal Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 60).
          • Section 87(2): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
          • Section 87(3): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
          • Section 87(3)(a): amended, on , by section 10 of the Disputes Tribunal Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 60).
          • Section 87(3)(b): amended, on , by section 10 of the Disputes Tribunal Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 60).
          • Section 87(3)(c): amended, on , by section 10 of the Disputes Tribunal Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 60).
          • Section 87(3)(d): amended, on , by section 10 of the Disputes Tribunal Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 60).
          • Section 87(4): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
          • Section 87(5): repealed, on , by section 340(2) of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).