Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Grain Handling and Storage Act 1995 - SECT 24B

Commission may give directions in relation to a dispute

24B. Commission may give directions in relation to a dispute



(1) The Commission, for the purposes of facilitating negotiations or
determining a dispute under Division 2, may require a person who is or was a
party to the dispute to do, or refrain from doing, something, including-

   (a)  requiring a person to give relevant information or a document to one
        or more other persons identified by the Commission, and a copy to the
        Commission, subject to section 24C;

   (b)  requiring a person to carry out reasonable research or investigations
        in order to obtain relevant information;

   (c)  prohibiting a person from imposing, or seeking to impose, an
        unreasonable procedural condition on the person's participation in
        negotiations;

   (d)  requiring a person to respond in writing to another person's proposal
        or request in relation to the time and place of a meeting;

   (e)  requiring a person, or a representative of a person, to attend a
        mediation conference.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) an unreasonable procedural condition
includes a requirement by one party that the other party or parties to the
dispute must not disclose to the Commission information or a document provided
in the course of negotiations.

(3) A person must not, without lawful excuse, disobey a requirement of the
Commission made under this section.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.