sec.99NCompulsory conferences

### sec.99N Compulsory conferences This section applies to a compulsory conference under the QCAT Act to which the parties to a proceeding before the tribunal have been directed to attend by the tribunal or principal registrar. In addition to anything the person presiding over the conference may do under the QCAT Act , the person may do 1 or more of the following— identify information to be given to the tribunal by the parties; give the parties information about the tribunal’s practice and procedures; refer the parties to alternative dispute resolution. Also, the person presiding over the conference may meet with a party separately— if the person considers doing so may avoid the escalation of conflict between the parties; or if the party is a child and the person considers doing so is in the child’s best interests having regard to the child’s views and wishes. s 99N ins 2009 No. 24 s  18 (sec.99N-ssec.1) This section applies to a compulsory conference under the QCAT Act to which the parties to a proceeding before the tribunal have been directed to attend by the tribunal or principal registrar. (sec.99N-ssec.2) In addition to anything the person presiding over the conference may do under the QCAT Act , the person may do 1 or more of the following— identify information to be given to the tribunal by the parties; give the parties information about the tribunal’s practice and procedures; refer the parties to alternative dispute resolution. (sec.99N-ssec.3) Also, the person presiding over the conference may meet with a party separately— if the person considers doing so may avoid the escalation of conflict between the parties; or if the party is a child and the person considers doing so is in the child’s best interests having regard to the child’s views and wishes. - (a) identify information to be given to the tribunal by the parties; - (b) give the parties information about the tribunal’s practice and procedures; - (c) refer the parties to alternative dispute resolution. - (a) if the person considers doing so may avoid the escalation of conflict between the parties; or - (b) if the party is a child and the person considers doing so is in the child’s best interests having regard to the child’s views and wishes.