New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FARM DEBT MEDIATION ACT 1994 - SECT 9

9 Farmer may request mediation

(1) A farmer to whom notice has been given under section 8 may, within 21 days after the notice was given, notify the creditor in writing that the farmer requests mediation concerning the farm debt involved.

(1A) A farmer who has not been given notice under section 8 but who owes money to a creditor in relation to a farm debt may notify the creditor in writing that the farmer requests mediation concerning the farm debt involved. A farmer may request mediation under this subsection whether or not the farmer is in default.

(2) The Authority may approve a form for the purposes of a notification under this section and a notification given to a creditor in that form is sufficient notification for the purposes of this section. Failure to use the approved form does not of itself invalidate a notification given by a farmer.

(3) If a farmer requests mediation but subsequently refuses to mediate, this Act ceases to apply to the farm mortgage concerned.