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46 Referral of dispute to conciliation officer
If the chief dispute resolution officer accepts a domestic building work dispute for conciliation, the chief dispute resolution officer must refer the dispute to a conciliation officer for conciliation under this Division.
S. 46AA inserted by No. 47/2019 s. 10.
46AA Powers of conciliation officer
(1) For the purposes of conducting a conciliation conference under this Division, a conciliation officer may—
(a) make any inquiries or obtain any information the conciliation officer considers necessary; and
(b) ask a party to the dispute to provide further information or documents relating to the dispute.
(2) A conciliation officer may fix a time for compliance with a request under subsection (1)(b) and may extend that time at the request of the party.
S. 46A inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 6.