Limitation on applications for review of services contracts—other proceedings in progress
(1) An application to review a services contract under Division 4 of Part 3A‑5 (unfair contract terms) must not be made if other review proceedings have been commenced in relation to the services contract, unless the other review proceedings: (a) have been discontinued by the person who commenced them; or (b) have failed for want of jurisdiction. (2) A person must not commence other review proceedings in relation to a services contract if an application to review the contract has been made under Division 4 of Part 3A‑5, unless: (a) the application has been discontinued by the person who made it; or (b) the proceedings in relation to the application have failed for want of jurisdiction. (3) In this section: other review proceedings means: (a) proceedings under a provision of a law of a State or Territory that makes provision as mentioned in paragraph 536JP(1)(c) and is not affected by the exclusion provisions; or; (b) proceedings in relation to a services contract under a provision of a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, that is specified in regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph.
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