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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 11 Hansard (10 December) . . Page.. 3577 ..

discretion of the Court, costs are to follow the event of a hearing.

Prior to referral for mediation or resolution by the Court, there is also provision for a preliminary conference where, with the assistance of the Registrar, the parties may seek to resolve their differences by informal means.

Part XI will be further developed with the assistance of the procedural committee established by the Government to develop new forms and procedures for the Magistrates Court in the exercise of its new commercial and retail tenancy jurisdiction.

Representations following tablinq of Government Response

Since I tabled the Government Response last August, the Government has received representations from a number of key players, including the Law Society of the ACT, the Property Council of Australia and the Commercial and Retail Tenancy Association. The opportunity has also been taken in the draft Bill to make several amendments in light of some of these representations.

Firstly, an amendment has been made to subsection 36(2) of the
Tenancy Tribunal Act (now sub-clause 25(2) of the draft Bill),
which sets out the grounds the Court may consider when

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