Section 19 — Small Claims Tribunals Act

(1)

Where the Registrar is unable to achieve a settlement acceptable to all the parties to the dispute, he shall —

(a)

fix a place and date for hearing the claim and give notice thereof in the prescribed form to the claimant; and

(b)

as soon as is reasonably practicable cause a copy of the written claim and a notice in the prescribed form of the date and place of hearing to be served on —

(i)

the defendant; and

(ii)

any person who appears from the claim form to have a sufficient interest in the settlement of the dispute to which the claim relates.

(2)

The Registrar may summon any person to appear before the tribunal if, in his opinion, the presence of such a person is necessary to enable the tribunal to determine the questions in dispute in the claim.

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(3)

Service of a copy of the written claim and the notice of hearing and of a summons or any document that is to be served on any person in any proceedings before a tribunal may be effected by such person as may be appointed by the Registrar for the purpose.