56Certificate of conciliation required to bring proceeding in VCAT to resolve domestic building work dispute

56 Certificate of conciliation required to bring proceeding in VCAT to resolve domestic building work dispute (1) A party to a domestic building work dispute must not make an application to VCAT in relation to the dispute unless the chief dispute resolution officer has issued a certificate of conciliation to the party certifying that the dispute— (a) was not suitable for conciliation; or (b) was not resolved by conciliation. (2) An application to VCAT to commence proceedings in relation to a domestic building work dispute must be accompanied by a copy of the certificate of conciliation. (3) This section does not apply to proceedings for an order in the nature of an injunction. S. 56(4) inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 51. (4) This section does not affect the validity of any decision made by VCAT any time before, on or after the commencement of Part 6 of the **Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendment Act 2018**. S. 57 (Heading) inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 10(4).