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Residential Tenancies Act 1986

The Tenancy Tribunal - Constitution and administration

72: Registrars

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“People who help run the court and do important paperwork for cases”

The law says that every Registrar and Deputy Registrar of the District Court is also a Registrar of the Tribunal. The Ministry of Justice can also choose other employees to be Registrars of the Tribunal, even if they don’t work for the District Court.

Registrars have important jobs to do. They need to make sure the Tribunal has all the office support it needs to work well. They also have to set up a good system for filing and handling all the papers and documents that people need to submit. Registrars arrange when cases will be heard by the Tribunal. They also do all the usual jobs that a registrar does in a court.

The head of the Ministry of Justice can tell a Registrar to give a job to another Registrar. This can be for all jobs or just for specific ones.

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Part 3 The Tenancy Tribunal
Constitution and administration

72Registrars

  1. Every Registrar, and every Deputy Registrar, of the District Court is a Registrar of the Tribunal.

  2. In addition, employees of the Ministry of Justice who are not Registrars, or Deputy Registrars, of the District Court may be designated by the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice as Registrars of the Tribunal.

  3. It is the responsibility of each Registrar—

  4. to arrange, in accordance with the instructions of the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice, for the provision of any secretarial and administrative services that may be necessary for the efficient and expeditious exercise of the Tribunal's jurisdiction; and
    1. to ensure that adequate arrangements are made, in consultation with the chief executive, for the filing and processing of all applications and other documents required or authorised to be filed under this Act; and
      1. to arrange fixtures for cases to be dealt with by the Tribunal; and
        1. to carry out, in respect of the exercise of the Tribunal's jurisdiction, the duties customarily carried out by a registrar of a judicial body.

          1. Any Registrar may, at the direction of the chief executive (given generally or in any particular case), refer a matter to another Registrar.

          Notes
          • Section 72: replaced, on , by section 6 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 113).
          • Section 72(1): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
          • Section 72(2): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).