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Home Building Act 1989
48LTribunal to be chiefly responsible for resolving building claims
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#### 48L Tribunal to be chiefly responsible for resolving building claims
48L Tribunal to be chiefly responsible for resolving building claims
> > (1) This section applies if a person starts any proceedings in or before any court in respect of a building claim and the building claim is one that could be heard by the Tribunal under this Division.
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> > (2) If a defendant in proceedings to which this section applies makes an application for the proceedings to be transferred, the proceedings must be transferred to the Tribunal in accordance with the regulations and are to continue before the Tribunal as if they had been instituted there.
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> > (3) This section does not apply to matters arising under sections 15, 16 or 25 of the [Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-046).
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> > (4) This section has effect despite clause 6 (Transfer of proceedings to courts or to other tribunals) of Schedule 4 to the [Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-002).
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> **s 48L:** Ins 2001 No 51, Sch 4 \[1\]. Am 2001 No 82, Sch 7.10 \[5\]; 2013 No 95, Sch 4.20 \[5\].