(1) A civil dispute application cannot be made to the tribunal for an amount greater than the tribunal's jurisdictional limit, unless section 20 (Abandoning excess to come within jurisdiction) or section 21 (Jurisdiction by agreement—amounts over $25 000) allows the application to be made.
(2) The tribunal's jurisdiction is limited to—
(a) civil dispute applications claiming amounts of not more than $25 000; or
(b) in relation to debt declarations—applications for declarations for debts of not more than $25 000.
Note For working out an amount to decide whether the tribunal has jurisdiction—see s 19.
(3) This section does not apply to—
(a) an application for a common boundaries determination; or
(b) an application prescribed by regulation.