Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

TENANCY TRIBUNAL ACT (NO. 64 OF 1994) - SECT 54

54. (1) Subject to this Act and the Code, the Tribunal may exercise any power to grant relief in relation to a dispute heard before it that would be exercisable by the Magistrates Court under the Magistrates Court (Civil Jurisdiction) Act 1982 if that Court had jurisdiction to hear the dispute.

(2) Subject to the Code, in addition to any other order the Tribunal may make under subsection (1)—

        (a)     the Tribunal may make an order for the payment of an amount exceeding $50,000;

        (b)     the Tribunal may, in relation to a dispute referred to in paragraph 6 (b), reopen the lease and may take whatever action it considers appropriate in the circumstances, including—

              (i)     varying the lease, whether by inserting new terms or otherwise; and

              (ii)     setting the lease aside, in part or in whole; and

        (c)     the Tribunal may make any order required to enforce the Code.