68Appointing an ADR practitioner to conduct an ADR process

68 Appointing an ADR practitioner to conduct an ADR process

(1) This section applies if: (a) a party to a grocery supply agreement has initiated an ADR process under subsection 67(1); and (b) if the ADR process is arbitration or the initiating party is a large grocery business—the responding party has agreed to attend the ADR process of the dispute. Appointment of ADR practitioner (2) The parties may, in writing, agree to appoint an ADR practitioner from a list kept by the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman under section 15. The parties must ensure the Code Supervisor is notified of the appointment. (3) However, if the parties cannot so agree within 14 days after: (a) if the ADR process is arbitration or the initiating party is a large grocery business—the responding party has agreed to attend the ADR process of the dispute; or (b) otherwise—the day the initiating party gave the responding party notice under subsection 67(1); the supplier may appoint an ADR practitioner from that list. The supplier must notify the large grocery business and the Code Supervisor, in writing, of the appointment.