57ETime limits for dealing with applications

57E Time limits for dealing with applications (1) Any time limits for dealing with an application that would apply to the Tribunal if an application that is the subject of a substituted proceeding had been an application to the Tribunal apply to the Court, with any periods being reckoned from the time the application was made to the Court. (2) Despite subsection (1), if a substituted proceeding involves the same subject matter as an application to the Tribunal that was struck out, dismissed, rejected or withdrawn for lack of jurisdiction, the Magistrates' Court must— (a) have regard to that fact in observing any time limits; and (b) hear and determine the proceeding as expeditiously as possible. (3) If an application to the Tribunal involves the same subject matter as an application to the Magistrates' Court under section 57B that was struck out, dismissed, rejected or withdrawn because the Court was not satisfied as referred to in section 57B(2), or withdrawn before the Court had determined whether or not it was satisfied as referred to in section 57B(2), the Tribunal must have regard to that fact in observing any time limit that applies to the Tribunal in dealing with the application. See also section 98(1)(d) as to the requirement for the Tribunal to determine a proceeding speedily. S. 57F inserted by No. 31/2021 s. 3.