Western Australian Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 12A

12A .         Jurisdiction over prescribed disputes

        (1)         The Magistrates Court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine a prescribed dispute and such disputes are not justiciable by any other court or tribunal.

        (2)         A prescribed dispute is a minor case for the purposes of Part 4 of the Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 and the jurisdiction conferred by subsection (1) is to be exercised accordingly.

        [Section 12A inserted by No. 59 of 2004 s. 119.]