sec.49Dealing with counter-application matters for minor debt claim

### sec.49 Dealing with counter-application matters for minor debt claim If there are circumstances suggesting that a respondent to an application for a minor debt claim could have, apart from rule 48 (3) , applied for orders against the applicant by way of a counter-application, the tribunal may— order that the circumstances be dealt with as a separate minor debt claim; and give any directions the tribunal considers appropriate in relation to the matter. If a respondent has brought a proceeding for an application against an applicant for a matter that, apart from rule 48 (3) may have been the subject of a counter-application to an application for a minor debt claim, the tribunal may— order the enforcement of any final decision in the first proceeding be suspended for the time and on the conditions it considers appropriate; and give any directions the tribunal considers appropriate in relation to the matter. (sec.49-ssec.1) If there are circumstances suggesting that a respondent to an application for a minor debt claim could have, apart from rule 48 (3) , applied for orders against the applicant by way of a counter-application, the tribunal may— order that the circumstances be dealt with as a separate minor debt claim; and give any directions the tribunal considers appropriate in relation to the matter. (sec.49-ssec.2) If a respondent has brought a proceeding for an application against an applicant for a matter that, apart from rule 48 (3) may have been the subject of a counter-application to an application for a minor debt claim, the tribunal may— order the enforcement of any final decision in the first proceeding be suspended for the time and on the conditions it considers appropriate; and give any directions the tribunal considers appropriate in relation to the matter. - (a) order that the circumstances be dealt with as a separate minor debt claim; and - (b) give any directions the tribunal considers appropriate in relation to the matter. - (a) order the enforcement of any final decision in the first proceeding be suspended for the time and on the conditions it considers appropriate; and - (b) give any directions the tribunal considers appropriate in relation to the matter.