161Transitional provisions consequent on the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Additional Jurisdictions) Act 2025

161 Transitional provisions consequent on the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Additional Jurisdictions) Act 2025

[Section 161 of Part 13 Inserted by No. 7 of 2025, s. 246, Applied:01 Jul 2025]

(1)  In this section –

Amending Act means the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Additional Jurisdictions) Act 2025;

new proceedings means proceedings that, as a result of a provision of the Amending Act, fall under the jurisdiction of the Tribunal for the first time;

relevant commencement day, in relation to a transitional provision, means the day on which that transitional provision commences;

transitional provision, in relation to a relevant Act, means a provision of the Amending Act that results in the relevant Act coming under a new stream.

(2)  If the Amending Act contains a transitional provision in relation to a relevant Act, on the relevant commencement day for the transitional provision –

(a) the transitional provision does not apply to any Tribunal proceedings, in respect of the relevant Act, that are in progress under this Act on the relevant commencement day; and

(b) this Act, as in force before that relevant commencement day, applies to those Tribunal proceedings.

(3)  This Act, as amended by the Amending Act, does not apply to new proceedings if, before the commencement of the provision of the Amending Act that relates to the new proceedings –

(a) the proceedings were to be determined by the Supreme Court or the Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division); and

(b) that court had allocated a date for the hearing of those proceedings.