Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015

Community Disputes Resolution
Act 2015

2020 REVISED EDITION

This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021

An Act to facilitate the resolution of community disputes by providing for a statutory tort for community disputes, a community disputes management framework and for the establishment of Community Disputes Resolution Tribunals to deal with such disputes, and for matters connected therewith.

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[1 October 2015]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1.  This Act is the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015.

General interpretation

2.—(1)  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“auxiliary community relations officer” means an auxiliary community relations officer appointed under section 13D;

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“claim” includes a counterclaim;

“Community Disputes Resolution Tribunal” or “tribunal” means a District Court designated under section 14 as a Community Disputes Resolution Tribunal;

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“Community Mediation Centre” means a Community Mediation Centre established under section 3 of the Community Mediation Centres Act 1997;

“community relations officer” means a community relations officer appointed under section 13C;

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“Deputy Director” means a Deputy Director of Community Relations appointed under section 13B;

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“Director” means a Director of Community Relations appointed under section 13B;

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“Director-General” means the Director-General of Community Relations appointed under section 13B;

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“Registrar” means the registrar of the State Courts appointed under section 12 of the State Courts Act 1970 and includes a deputy registrar appointed under that section;

“Registry” means the Registry of the State Courts;

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“Senior Assistant Director” means a Senior Assistant Director of Community Relations appointed under section 13B;

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“statutory body” means a body corporate established by or under a public Act for the purposes of a public function;

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“unreasonable interference”, in relation to a neighbour of an individual, means unreasonable interference with the enjoyment or use of the place of residence that the neighbour resides in.

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(2)  For the purposes of the definition of “unreasonable interference” in subsection (1) —

(a) whether an act or omission causes interference with a neighbour’s enjoyment or use of his or her place of residence is to be construed in accordance with section 4(2); and

(b) whether a person is a neighbour of an individual is to be construed in accordance with section 4(4) and (5).

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