27Interpretation

27 Interpretation

(1) In this Division:

hire‑purchase agreement includes a letting of goods with an option to purchase, an agreement for the payment for goods by instalments (whether the agreement describes the instalments as rent or hire or otherwise) and any other agreement for the purchase of goods, whether or not the property in the goods passes, on delivery, to the purchaser.

the appropriate court means:

(a) where the matter at issue does not exceed in value the sum of One thousand dollars—a court of limited civil jurisdiction in the State or Territory in which the transaction was entered into constituted by a Police, Stipendiary or Special Magistrate or by a barrister, solicitor, attorney or proctor, or, if there is no such court, the Supreme Court of that State or Territory;

(b) where the matter at issue exceeds in value the sum of One thousand dollars but does not exceed in value the sum of Four thousand dollars—a District Court, County Court or Local Court of Full Jurisdiction in the State or Territory (other than the Territory of Papua or the Territory of New Guinea) in which the transaction was entered into, or, if there is no such court, or the transaction was entered into in the Territory of Papua or the Territory of New Guinea, the Supreme Court of the State or Territory in which the transaction was entered into; and

(c) in any other case—the Supreme Court of the State or Territory in which the transaction was entered into.

(2) For the purposes of this Division, goods the subject of a hire‑purchase agreement shall be deemed to belong to the purchaser.