WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 92C
This legislation has been repealed.
WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 92C
92C—Procedure in conciliation proceedings
(1) In the course of
conducting conciliation proceedings, the conciliator may interview the parties
to the dispute separately or together.
(2) The conciliator
presiding at a conference may (subject to the rules) adjourn the conference
from time to time to allow the parties to gather further information, to
consider their respective positions or for other purposes relevant to the
resolution of the dispute.
(3) Evidence of
anything said or done in the course of conciliation proceedings is only
admissible in subsequent proceedings by consent of all parties to the
proceedings.
(4) However—
(a)
evidence of a settlement reached in conciliation proceedings is admissible
(without the consent of all parties) in subsequent proceedings; and
(b)
evidence of the offers made in the course of conciliation proceedings is
admissible (without the consent of all parties) in subsequent proceedings for
the purpose of applying provisions for deciding questions about costs.
(5) A settlement to
which counsel or another representative of a party agrees at a conference is
binding on the party.
(6) The conciliator
presiding at a conference may make a determination or order to give effect to
a settlement reached at the conference.
(7) A determination or
order under subsection (6)
is a determination or order of the Tribunal.