51Summons to appear at conference or hearing

51 Summons to appear at conference or hearing

51 Summons to appear at conference or hearing

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Division Head of a Commission Division may issue a summons, in circumstances prescribed by the Commission rules, requiring the attendance of a person at any conference or hearing before the Commission in connection with proceedings before the Commission.

(2) If the proceedings are allocated to the Motor Accidents Division, a summons may be issued only to a party to the proceedings.

(3) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a summons served on the person under this section.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

conference includes a conference at which the parties (or some of them) participate by telephone, closed-circuit television or other means.