Building Act 1993

(a) a contracting owner or contracting residential builder from starting a proceeding in a court or tribunal in relation to a dispute about a residential building contract that is not a consumer guarantee dispute; or

(b) a contracting residential builder from making an application under the Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Act 2004 in relation to payments for prescribed residential building work carried out under a residential building contract, including payments for any of the work alleged to be defective.

(2) A court, tribunal or person who makes a decision under a law of the Territory about a residential building contract must take into account any decision made by the Commissioner for a consumer guarantee dispute in relation to the contract.

(3) If a proceeding or application is started or made as mentioned in subsection (1), the Commissioner is not prevented from dealing with a consumer guarantee dispute in relation to the residential building contract unless:

(b) a court, tribunal or person mentioned in subsection (2) orders otherwise; or

(c) both parties to the consumer guarantee dispute agree in writing that the Commissioner adjourn consideration of the dispute until:

(4) Before making a decision about a consumer guarantee dispute, the Commissioner must take into account any decision about a residential building contract made by a court, tribunal or person that is relevant to the dispute.