Queensland Consolidated Regulations

QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL RULES 2009 - REG 49

49 Dealing with counter-application matters for minor debt claim

(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—

(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.

(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—

(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.