45BPowers of conciliation officer in making assessment

45B Powers of conciliation officer in making assessment (1) For the purpose of making an initial assessment of a referral, a conciliation officer may— (a) make any inquiries or obtain any information the conciliation officer considers necessary; and (b) ask the referring party to provide further information or documents relating to the dispute; and (c) require the referring party to provide evidence that the referring party has taken reasonable steps to resolve the dispute with the other parties to the dispute. (2) A conciliation officer may fix a time for compliance with a request or requirement under subsection (1) and may extend that time at the request of the referring party. (3) A conciliation officer may ask any other party to the domestic building work dispute to participate in a conciliation of the dispute if the conciliation officer considers it appropriate to do so. S. 45BA inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 43. 45BA Withdrawal of referral S. 45BA(1) amended by No. 47/2019 s. 7. (1) A referring party may withdraw a referral under section 45 by giving written notice to the chief dispute resolution officer at any time before the chief dispute resolution officer accepts or rejects the referral under section 45C(2). (2) The chief dispute resolution officer must give written notice to any party to a referred dispute of a withdrawal under this section. S. 45C inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 6.