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3919 Arbitration—necessary parties
(1) A person whose participation is necessary for the court to completely
and finally decide all matters in issue in an arbitration must be
included as a party in the arbitration.
If both a principal and a contractor, or more than 1 employer, may be liable in
relation to the compensable injury, each of them must be included as a respondent.
(2) The court may require a person to be included as a party.
If, for an application on behalf of dependants of a deceased worker, a dependant
fails to join in the application, the dependant may be included as a respondent.
(3) Each party other than the applicant is a respondent.
(4) The court may decide a claim even if a person is incorrectly included
or not included as a party.