Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND ACT 1994 - SECT 339Q

339Q Arbitrator’s functions

(1) The arbitrator has authority to decide the dispute by issuing an award.

(2) The award must not be inconsistent with a term of the lease under which the sublease is granted.

(3) The award must be issued—

(a) within 6 months after the appointment of the arbitrator; or

(b) if the arbitrator decides—within 9 months after the appointment of the arbitrator; or

(c) if the parties to the dispute agree to extend the period mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) —before the expiry of the extended period.

(4) A regulation may prescribe matters the arbitrator must consider in deciding the dispute.

(5) A regulation made under subsection (4) does not limit the matters the arbitrator may consider.