sec.62Obtaining views of persons not attending conference

sec.62 Obtaining views of persons not attending conference

The commissioner must take reasonable steps to ascertain before the conference, and make known at the conference, the views relevant to the conference of all the following— a person given a notice under section 61 (1) (b) who notifies the commissioner that he or she will not be attending the conference; if the person the subject of the conference is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander—a member of the clan or family group of the person who has not been given a notice under section 61 (1) (b) but whose views the commissioner considers should be obtained. However, the commissioner— is required to act under subsection (1) in relation to the views of a particular person only if the views may reasonably be ascertained and the commissioner does not expect the person to be attending the conference; and may make known at the conference a person’s views only if the registrar has, at least 3 days before the conference, given the person the subject of the conference notice of the views. For this section, if the commission is constituted under section 50A for a conference, the duty imposed on the commissioner under subsection (1) is taken to be a duty imposed on the chairperson of the commission for the conference. s 62 amd 2010 No. 42 s 55 (sec.62-ssec.1) The commissioner must take reasonable steps to ascertain before the conference, and make known at the conference, the views relevant to the conference of all the following— a person given a notice under section 61 (1) (b) who notifies the commissioner that he or she will not be attending the conference; if the person the subject of the conference is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander—a member of the clan or family group of the person who has not been given a notice under section 61 (1) (b) but whose views the commissioner considers should be obtained. (sec.62-ssec.2) However, the commissioner— is required to act under subsection (1) in relation to the views of a particular person only if the views may reasonably be ascertained and the commissioner does not expect the person to be attending the conference; and may make known at the conference a person’s views only if the registrar has, at least 3 days before the conference, given the person the subject of the conference notice of the views. (sec.62-ssec.3) For this section, if the commission is constituted under section 50A for a conference, the duty imposed on the commissioner under subsection (1) is taken to be a duty imposed on the chairperson of the commission for the conference.

• (a) a person given a notice under section 61 (1) (b) who notifies the commissioner that he or she will not be attending the conference;
• (b) if the person the subject of the conference is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander—a member of the clan or family group of the person who has not been given a notice under section 61 (1) (b) but whose views the commissioner considers should be obtained.