104Small Business Commission may issue certificates

104 Small Business Commission may issue certificates

(1) The Small Business Commission may certify in writing that alternative dispute resolution under this Subdivision has failed, or is unlikely, to resolve a dispute referred under Subdivision 3.

(2) A certificate under subsection (1) must include details of the parties to the dispute.

(3) The Commission may certify that a party to the dispute has unreasonably refused to participate in alternative dispute resolution under this Subdivision.

(4) A certificate issued under subsection (1) may be admitted in evidence in proceedings before VCAT or a court.

(5) The Commission is not required to give a party to the dispute an opportunity to be heard by, or make submissions to, the Commission before issuing a certificate under subsection (1).

S. 105 inserted by No. 63/2017 s. 18.