(1)A claim to recover a debt the subject of a debt dispute that is a claim under the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009, schedule 3, definition minor civil dispute, paragraph 1(a) is, under paragraph 2 of that definition, a minor civil dispute.
(2)Subsection (1) does not affect a body corporate’s right to start proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover a debt the subject of a debt dispute.
(3)To remove any doubt, it is declared that an adjudicator does not have jurisdiction in a debt dispute.
(4)A dispute resolution process does not apply to a debt dispute or a related dispute to a debt dispute once a proceeding to recover the debt the subject of the debt dispute is started before QCAT or in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(5)If—
(a)a dispute resolution process has started for a debt dispute or a related dispute to a debt dispute; and
(b)a proceeding to recover the debt the subject of the debt dispute is subsequently started before QCAT or in a court of competent jurisdiction;
the dispute resolution process is at an end.
(6)A dispute is a related dispute to a debt dispute if—
(a)the subject matter of the dispute is related to the subject matter of the debt dispute; and
(b)there are proceedings in a court or before QCAT to recover the debt the subject of the debt dispute; and
(c)the commissioner considers that the dispute and the debt dispute are connected in a way that makes it inappropriate for the dispute to be dealt with by a dispute resolution process.
(7)In this section—
debt dispute means a dispute between a body corporate for a community titles scheme and the owner of a lot included in the scheme about the recovery, by the body corporate from the owner, of a debt under this Act.