Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The tribunal may refer a matter of a technical nature arising in the course of a proceeding for investigation by an appropriate expert.
(2) The expert must report the results of the investigation in writing to the tribunal and provide the parties with copies of the report.
(3) The report must be given within the reasonable time stated by the tribunal in the request.
(4) The tribunal may adopt all, some or none of the expert's findings.
(5) The parties to the proceeding are responsible for any costs of an expert, and must pay those costs in the proportions decided by the tribunal.
(6) A State agency may be an expert for this section.
Example--
The tribunal might ask the authority under the Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991 to give the tribunal a report about a building dispute that includes--
(a) details of building work the authority considers is defective or incomplete; and
(b) an assessment of the time within which the rectification or completion work should be finished.