STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2004 - SECT 53

STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2004 - SECT 53

53 .         Failure to attend compulsory conference

                If a party does not attend a properly convened compulsory conference —

            (a)         the conference may proceed at the appointed time in the party’s absence; and

            (b)         if a member of the Tribunal is presiding and all the parties present agree, the Tribunal, constituted by that member, may —

                  (i)         determine the proceeding adversely to the absent party and make any appropriate orders; or

                  (ii)         direct that the absent party be struck out of the proceeding.