Queensland Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 998

998 Proceeding for claim started

(1) This rule applies if, before the commencement, a person started a proceeding for a claim, minor claim or minor debt claim and the proceeding has not been completed before the commencement.

(2) Subject to the QCAT Act , section 268 (4) , the court must hear, or continue to hear, and decide the proceeding under the pre-amended rules as if the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2009 had not been made.

(3) In this rule—

"commencement" means the commencement of this rule.

"minor claim" means a claim for an amount, including interest, of not more than $7,500, whether as a balance or after an admitted set-off, reduction by any amount paid by or credited to the defendant, abandonment of any excess, or otherwise.

"minor debt claim" means a minor debt claim as defined under the Act , as in force immediately before 1 December 2009.

"pre-amended rules" means these rules as in force before the commencement.