Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act 2005
36Representation at alternative dispute resolution
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36 Representation at alternative dispute resolution
(1) A party to alternative dispute resolution may be represented by—
S. 36(1)(a) amended by No. 17/2014 s. 160(Sch. 2 item 68).
(a) an Australian legal practitioner; or
(b) in the case of a party that is a contractor—an association, including a trade union, that represents contractors or a class of contractors; or
(c) in the case of a party that is a hirer—an association that represents hirers or a class of hirers; or
(d) any other person considered appropriate by the person conducting the alternative dispute resolution.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the person conducting the alternative dispute resolution may meet with the party (alone or together with any other party) without the party's representative being present.