45Professional mentor

45 Professional mentor (1) The Commissioner may appoint a person to be a professional mentor to a conciliator. (2) A conciliator may discuss any issue arising out of the performance of his or her functions with, and may seek advice from, his or her professional mentor. (3) A person is not to be appointed a professional mentor unless he or she has, in the opinion of the Commissioner, expertise in dispute resolution or experience as a conciliator. (4) A person must not act as a professional mentor to a conciliator to whom a complaint is referred if the person has carried out investigations of complaints under Part 7 and the investigations have involved or may have involved: (a) a party to the complaint; or (b) a matter mentioned in the complaint.

Health and Community Services Complaints Act 1998 27 (5) A person must not act as a professional mentor to a conciliator to whom a complaint is referred unless the person has made a statement in the prescribed form.