Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00826:clause:1_177k
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00826
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 177K
Character Range: 1010753–1011443

177K  Joinder of parties
 (1) If it appears to the court that a person other than a lessor (a third party) has shared in the profits of, or has a beneficial interest prospectively or otherwise in, a consumer lease that the court holds to be unjust, the court may make an order about the third party that the court considers appropriate.
 (2) However, before making an order about the third party, the court must:
 (a) join the third party as a party to the proceedings; and
 (b) give the third party an opportunity to appear and be heard in the proceedings.

Division 8—Repossession, termination and enforcement of consumer leases

Subdivision A—Repossession of goods under consumer lease