WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 182T

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 182T

182T .         Litigation guardians, rules about

        (1)         The conciliation rules may provide that, if a child is a party to a dispute, the conciliation officer may appoint a litigation guardian to act on the child’s behalf.

        (2)         The conciliation rules may provide that, if a party to a dispute is under a legal disability (otherwise than because of being a child), the conciliation officer may defer making efforts to resolve the dispute until a litigation guardian is appointed to act on the party’s behalf, whether under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 or otherwise.

        [Section 182T inserted: No. 31 of 2011 s. 6.]