ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 160
Party fails to attend conference
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 160
Party fails to attend conference
160 Party fails to attend conference
(1) If a complainant, without reasonable excuse, does not comply with a
direction to attend a conciliation conference, the commissioner may dismiss
the complaint and direct the complainant to pay costs to the respondent.
(2)
If a respondent, without reasonable excuse, does not comply with a direction
to attend a conciliation conference, the commissioner may direct the
respondent to pay costs to the complainant.
(3) A party may enforce a
direction as to costs by filing a copy of it with a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(4) The direction is then enforceable as if it were an order of
the court.
