South Australian Numbered Acts

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2013 (NO 59 OF 2013) - SECT 89

89—Enforcement of decisions and orders of Tribunal

        (1)         If the Tribunal makes a monetary order, the amount specified in the order may be recovered in the appropriate court, by a person recognised by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection, as if it were a debt.

        (2)         A person who contravenes or fails to comply with an order of the Tribunal (other than a monetary order) is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (3)         In this section—

"appropriate court" means—

            (a)         in relation to an order of the Tribunal that is a monetary order for an amount that does not exceed the amount that represents the jurisdictional limit of the Magistrates Court for a monetary claim founded on contract—the Magistrates Court;

            (b)         in any other case—the District Court.