3920Arbitration—including other parties

3920 Arbitration—including other parties (1) An applicant may include someone else as a party to an arbitration by naming the person in the application. (2) A respondent may include someone else as a party to an arbitration (a third-party respondent) by filing a third-party notice. If a worker contracts a disease or suffers an aggravation, acceleration or recurrence of a disease, a respondent employer claiming to be entitled to contribution from another employer may include the other employer as a third-party respondent. Note See approved form 3.61 (Arbitration—third-party notice) AF2006-498. (3) A party including a person as a third-party respondent must, not later than 14 days after the day the party files the notice— (a) serve a sealed copy of the notice, the application for arbitration and any answer filed in the arbitration, on the person; and (b) serve a sealed copy of the notice on each other party to the (4) The court may, at any time, order a party who has included a person as a party in an arbitration to— (a) serve on the person any document in the arbitration; or Rule 3921 (b) file and serve on the person and each other party an affidavit setting out the basis on which the person has been included. 3921 Arbitration—person may apply to be included as party A person may apply to the court to be included as a party to an 3922 Arbitration—party may apply to be removed as party A party to an arbitration may apply to the court to be removed as a 3923 Arbitration—employer not respondent in certain applications by dependant or personal representative (a) a dependant, or the personal representative, of a deceased worker asks that a claim be decided by arbitration; and (b) the amount of compensation payable to the dependants of the deceased worker is not an issue in the arbitration. (2) The employer is not a respondent in the arbitration if the employer has paid the amount of compensation— (a) to the applicant; or (b) into court to be dealt with as the court directs. Workers compensation—representation in arbitrations Division 3.13.4 Rule 3924 Division 3.13.4 Workers compensation— representation in arbitrations