Section 71 — Residential Tenancies Act 1986: Conduct of Tribunal and stationing of Tenancy Adjudicators

71 Conduct of Tribunal and stationing of Tenancy Adjudicators (1) The Principal Tenancy Adjudicator shall be responsible for ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the Tribunal throughout New Zealand, and accordingly may, subject to subsection (2) of this section and to such consultation with the other Tenancy Adjudicators as is appropriate and practicable, give all such directions as are contemplated by the succeeding provisions of this section. (2) Sittings of the Tribunal shall be held, as and when necessary for the dispatch of its business,— (a) At the discretion of the Principal Tenancy Adjudicator, at each place, or at the nearest District Court to each place, specified in Schedule 1 to this Act; and (b) At such other places as the Principal Tenancy Adjudicator may from time to time direct. (3) Each Tenancy Adjudicator shall be stationed at, and shall exercise the jurisdiction of the Tribunal in, such place or places as the Principal Tenancy Adjudicator may from time to time direct. (4) Notwithstanding anything in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the fact that a Tenancy Adjudicator sits in any particular place shall be conclusive evidence of that Tenancy Adjudicator's authority to do so, and no exercise of any jurisdiction or power by any Tenancy Adjudicator shall be questioned on the ground that the Tenancy Adjudicator was not stationed at, or authorised to exercise the jurisdiction of the Tribunal in, the place where the Tenancy Adjudicator exercised the jurisdiction or power. (5) Sittings of the Tribunal for the dispatch of its business in any particular place shall, subject to any directions by the Principal Tenancy Adjudicator, be held on such days and at such times as may be appointed by the Tenancy Adjudicator, or one of the Tenancy Adjudicators, stationed at, and authorised to exercise the jurisdiction of the Tribunal in, that place.