Residential Tribunal Act 1998 Residential Tribunal Amendment Regulation 2001 (2001-489) [GG No 103 of 29.6.2001, p 4712] (NSW)

2001 No 489

Residential Tribunal Amendment New South Wales

Regulation 2001

under the

Residential Tribunal Act 1998

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Residential Tribunal Act 1998.

JOHN WATKINS, M.P., Minister for Fair Trading

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Residential Tribunal Regulation 1999 so as:

(a)	to ensure that applications to the Residential Tribunal that are lodged electronically are lodged by means approved by the Registrar of the Tribunal, and
(b)	to provide that electronic authentication of the identity of a person authorised to make such an application is sufficient compliance with a requirement that the application be signed by such a person.

This Regulation is made under the Residential Tribunal Act 1998, including section

78 (the general power to make regulations).

Published in Gazette No 103 of 29 June 2001, page 4712	Page 1
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Clause 1	Residential Tribunal Amendment Regulation 2001

Residential Tribunal Amendment Regulation 2001

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Residential Tribunal Amendment

Regulation 2001.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 July 2001.

3 Amendment of Residential Tribunal Regulation 1999

The Residential Tribunal Regulation 1999 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

2001 No 489

Residential Tribunal Amendment Regulation 2001

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 3)

[1]     Clause 18 Applications

Insert “approved by the Registrar” after “electronic means” in clause 18 (4).

[2]     Clause 19 Particulars of application

Insert after clause 19 (7):

(8)

An application that is lodged by electronic means is taken to be
duly signed so long as:

(a)	it identifies a person who, under this Regulation, is authorised to sign the application, and
(b)	it indicates that person’s approval to the making of the application and (where appropriate) that person’s belief in the truth of the information contained in the application,

by electronic or other means approved by the Registrar.

BY AUTHORITY