WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 653 Exercise of arbitration powers by member who has exercised conciliation powers

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WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 653

             (1)  If a member of the Commission has exercised conciliation powers in relation to an application under this Division, the member must not exercise, or take part in the exercise of, arbitration powers in relation to the application if a party to the arbitration proceeding objects.

             (2)  The member is not taken to have exercised conciliation powers in relation to the application merely because:

                     (a)  the member arranged for a conference of the parties or their representatives to be presided over by the member, but the conference did not take place or was not presided over by the member; or

                     (b)  the member arranged for the parties or their representatives to confer among themselves at a conference at which the member was not present.