Victorian Current Acts

VICTORIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 1998 - SECT 57G

    (1)     Any act or thing done or omitted to be done before, on or after the commencement of this Part under or in relation to a right or liability conferred, imposed or affected by section 57F—

        (a)     has the same effect, and gives rise to the same consequences, for the purposes of any written or other law; and

        (b)     is deemed to have always had the same effect, and given rise to the same consequences, for the purposes of any written or other law—

as if it were done, or omitted to be done, to give effect to, or under the authority of, or in reliance on, a valid order of the Magistrates' Court made under this Part.

    (2)     Any act or thing done or omitted to be done before, on or after the commencement of this Part gives rise to the same consequences, and is to be regarded as always having given rise to the same consequences, as if each invalid Tribunal decision were a valid order of the Magistrates' Court made under this Part for the purposes of a provision of a law (other than a law relating to contempt of court) that sets out a consequence for a person if—

        (a)     the person contravenes a judgment or order, or a particular kind of judgment or order, given by a court; or

        (b)     the person acts in a specified way while there is in force a judgment or order, or a particular kind of judgment or order, given by a court.

    (3)     Without limiting subsection (1), if, before, on or after the commencement of this Part, a person has—

        (a)     interfered with a right or liability conferred, imposed or affected by section 57F; or

        (b)     failed to satisfy or comply with a liability conferred, imposed or affected by section 57F—

the interference or failure is, and is deemed always to have been, a matter that can be dealt with by way of a proceeding for contempt in the same manner as if the interference or failure had been in relation to a right conferred, imposed or affected, or a liability conferred, imposed or affected, by an order of the Supreme Court.

    (4)     Nothing in subsection (3) limits sections 121, 122 or 137.

S. 57H inserted by No. 31/2021 s. 3.