Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
sec.103QCAT’s jurisdiction
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sec.103 QCAT’s jurisdiction
QCAT has jurisdiction to hear retail tenancy disputes, other than a retail tenancy dispute— about an issue between the parties that— is the subject of arbitration; or has been the subject of an interim or final award in an arbitration proceeding; or is before, or has been decided by, a court; or about— the amount of rent payable under a retail shop lease; or the amount of a lessor’s outgoings under a retail shop lease; or if the amount, value or damages in dispute is more than the monetary limit within the meaning of the District Court of Queensland Act 1967 , section 68 ; or under a retail shop lease for the carrying on of the business of a service station, if the Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Oilcode) Regulation 2006 (Cwlth) applies to the carrying on of the business under a fuel re-selling agreement within the meaning of that regulation. However, QCAT has jurisdiction to hear a retail tenancy dispute about— the procedure for the determination of rent payable under a retail shop lease, but not the actual amount of the rent; or the basis on which the lessor’s outgoings are payable by, and the procedure for charging the lessor’s outgoings to, a lessee under a retail shop lease, but not the actual amount of the outgoings; or whether an item, or part of an item, of the lessor’s outgoings for the retail shopping centre or leased building in which a leased shop is situated was reasonably incurred in, or directly attributable to, the operations, maintenance or repair of the centre or building. For subsection (1) (a) (i) , a retail tenancy dispute is only the subject of arbitration if the arbitration proceeding has started. s 103 sub 2009 No. 24 s 1588 amd 2016 No. 21 s 57 (sec.103-ssec.1) QCAT has jurisdiction to hear retail tenancy disputes, other than a retail tenancy dispute— about an issue between the parties that— is the subject of arbitration; or has been the subject of an interim or final award in an arbitration proceeding; or is before, or has been decided by, a court; or about— the amount of rent payable under a retail shop lease; or the amount of a lessor’s outgoings under a retail shop lease; or if the amount, value or damages in dispute is more than the monetary limit within the meaning of the District Court of Queensland Act 1967 , section 68 ; or under a retail shop lease for the carrying on of the business of a service station, if the Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Oilcode) Regulation 2006 (Cwlth) applies to the carrying on of the business under a fuel re-selling agreement within the meaning of that regulation. (sec.103-ssec.2) However, QCAT has jurisdiction to hear a retail tenancy dispute about— the procedure for the determination of rent payable under a retail shop lease, but not the actual amount of the rent; or the basis on which the lessor’s outgoings are payable by, and the procedure for charging the lessor’s outgoings to, a lessee under a retail shop lease, but not the actual amount of the outgoings; or whether an item, or part of an item, of the lessor’s outgoings for the retail shopping centre or leased building in which a leased shop is situated was reasonably incurred in, or directly attributable to, the operations, maintenance or repair of the centre or building. (sec.103-ssec.3) For subsection (1) (a) (i) , a retail tenancy dispute is only the subject of arbitration if the arbitration proceeding has started.