Small Claims Tribunals Act 1984 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Establishment and Jurisdiction of Tribunals
13. Registry
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There is established and maintained a Registry of Small Claims Tribunals in which all records of the tribunals must be kept.
Registry
“Registry” means the Registry of Small Claims Tribunals established under section 13;
The record of a tribunal consists of —
tribunal
“tribunal” means a Small Claims Tribunal constituted under section 4 of the State Courts Act 1970;
claims lodged with the tribunal by claimants;
summaries of the facts of the issues in dispute in respect of those claims as determined and recorded by the tribunal during the hearing of the claims; and
orders made by the tribunal in relation to those claims.
Any party to the claim is, upon payment of a prescribed fee, entitled to a copy of the record of a tribunal and such record is admissible in evidence before any other court for the purposes of any proceedings before that court.
party
“party” means a claimant or respondent and any person joined as a third party;
The record of a tribunal relating to any claim must be kept for a period of one year after the date of the order made by the tribunal in relation to the claim or, where there is an appeal against the order to the General Division of the High Court, one year after the conclusion of the appeal.