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Residential Tenancies Act 1986

The Tenancy Tribunal - Procedure

101: Protection of persons appearing, etc

You could also call this:

“People involved in Tribunal cases are protected like they would be in court”

When you take part in proceedings at the Tribunal, you have the same protections and rights as you would in a court. This applies to everyone involved, including parties, lawyers, representatives, and witnesses.

These protections and rights also extend to Tenancy Mediators when they are doing their job under this Act. Anyone who deals with a Tenancy Mediator also gets these protections.

If a Tenancy Mediator is a company, these protections apply to the company’s officers or employees who are carrying out the company’s duties under this Act. This is in line with section 76(1B).

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Part 3 The Tenancy Tribunal
Procedure

101Protection of persons appearing, etc

  1. All parties, counsel, representatives, and witnesses in any proceedings before the Tribunal shall have and enjoy the same privileges and immunities as they would have had if the proceedings were held in a court.

  2. The privileges and immunities referred to in subsection (1) shall extend and apply to—

  3. every Tenancy Mediator in the exercise of any power or jurisdiction under any of the provisions of this Act; and
    1. any other person in respect of any dealings with any Tenancy Mediator.

      1. In relation to a Tenancy Mediator that is a body corporate, subsection (2)(a) also applies to any officer or employee of the body corporate through whom the body corporate is exercising any power or jurisdiction under any of the provisions of this Act in accordance with section 76(1B).

      Notes
      • Section 101(3): inserted, on , by section 34 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 26).