sec.57Time and place of conference

sec.57 Time and place of conference

The commission may hold a conference at the time and place decided by the commissioner. In deciding a time and place for a conference, the commissioner must have regard to— the need for the commission to respond in a timely way to the agency notice to which the conference relates; and the location of the person the subject of the conference; and the availability of other persons the commissioner considers appropriate to attend the conference; and Aboriginal tradition and Island custom, if the conference involves Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders. Subsection (2) does not limit the matters to which the commissioner may have regard. (sec.57-ssec.1) The commission may hold a conference at the time and place decided by the commissioner. (sec.57-ssec.2) In deciding a time and place for a conference, the commissioner must have regard to— the need for the commission to respond in a timely way to the agency notice to which the conference relates; and the location of the person the subject of the conference; and the availability of other persons the commissioner considers appropriate to attend the conference; and Aboriginal tradition and Island custom, if the conference involves Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders. (sec.57-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not limit the matters to which the commissioner may have regard.

• (a) the need for the commission to respond in a timely way to the agency notice to which the conference relates; and
• (b) the location of the person the subject of the conference; and
• (c) the availability of other persons the commissioner considers appropriate to attend the conference; and
• (d) Aboriginal tradition and Island custom, if the conference involves Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders.