55Grievance procedure

55 Grievance procedure (1) The rules of an incorporated association must set out a grievance procedure for dealing with any dispute under the rules between— (a) a member and another member; or (b) a member and the association. (2) A member may appoint any person to act on behalf of the member in the grievance procedure. (3) In applying the grievance procedure, the association must ensure that— (a) each party to the dispute has been given an opportunity to be heard on the matter which is the subject of the dispute; and (b) the outcome of the dispute is determined by an unbiased decision-maker. S. 55(4) inserted by No. 50/2014 s. 3. (4) If a member has initiated a grievance procedure in respect of a dispute between the member and the association, the association must not take disciplinary action against any of the following persons in relation to the matter which is the subject of the grievance procedure until the grievance procedure has been completed— (a) the member who initiated the grievance procedure (***complainant member***); (b) a member of the association appointed by the complainant member under subsection (2) to act on behalf of the complainant member in the grievance procedure. Division 3—Register of members