734CLimitation on applications for review of services contracts—other proceedings in progress

734C Limitation on applications for review of services contracts—other proceedings in progress

(1) An application to review a services contract under Division 4 of Part 3A‑5 (unfair contract terms) must not be made if other review proceedings have been commenced in relation to the services contract, unless the other review proceedings:

(a) have been discontinued by the person who commenced them; or

(b) have failed for want of jurisdiction.

(2) A person must not commence other review proceedings in relation to a services contract if an application to review the contract has been made under Division 4 of Part 3A‑5, unless:

(a) the application has been discontinued by the person who made it; or

(b) the proceedings in relation to the application have failed for want of jurisdiction.

(3) In this section:

other review proceedings means:

(a) proceedings under a provision of a law of a State or Territory that makes provision as mentioned in paragraph 536JP(1)(c) and is not affected by the exclusion provisions; or;

(b) proceedings in relation to a services contract under a provision of a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, that is specified in regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph.