Queensland Consolidated Acts

RETAIL SHOP LEASES ACT 1994 - SECT 157

157 Existing dispute resolution proceedings

(1) This section applies if—

(a) before the commencement, a party to a retail tenancy dispute lodged a dispute notice under section 55; and

(b) on the commencement, the retail tenancy dispute has not been resolved.

(2) Part 8 continues to apply in relation to the retail tenancy dispute as if the Small Business Commissioner Act 2022 had not commenced.

(3) For subsection (2), a reference in part 8 to a mediator includes a reference to a mediator appointed, or taken to have been appointed under section 156, by the commissioner.

(4) In this section—

"resolved" , in relation to a retail tenancy dispute, means—

(a) a mediation agreement has been signed by or for the parties to the dispute under section 61; or

(b) an order has been made about the dispute by QCAT under section 83; or

(c) the dispute notice for the dispute has been withdrawn under section 91.