52ZZAOther requirements for arbitration determination

52ZZA Other requirements for arbitration determination

(1) The panel must make the determination no later than 35 business days (or, if the regulations specify a different period, the end of that period) after the latest of the following days:

(a) the last day on which a final offer may be submitted in accordance with subsection 52ZX(4);

(b) the last day on which a submission may be given by a bargaining party in accordance with subsection 52ZZB(1);

(c) the last day on which a submission may be given by the Commission in accordance with subsection 52ZZC(1);

(d) the last day on which a submission may be given by a bargaining party in accordance with subsection 52ZZC(3).

(2) If the Chair is not the sole member of the panel:

(a) the panel must endeavour to make the determination by unanimous decision of the members of the panel; and

(b) where a unanimous decision is not possible, the panel must make the determination by majority decision of the members of the panel.

(3) The panel must, as soon as practicable, give written reasons for making the determination to the bargaining parties and the Commission.

(4) Those written reasons must contain the information (if any) specified in regulations made for the purposes of this subsection.