sec.106ZCMediation process

### sec.106ZC Mediation process This section applies if the chief executive refers a local government and another entity to mediation under section 106ZB . Participation in the mediation is voluntary. The local government or the other entity may withdraw from the mediation at any time. The mediation ends on the earliest of the following days— if the local government or the other entity withdraws from the mediation—the day the local government or entity withdraws; if the local government and the other entity agree the mediation has ended—the day the local government and the entity agree the mediation has ended; if the local government and the other entity sign an agreement agreeing to a resolution—the day the agreement is signed. As soon as practicable after the mediation ends, the mediator must give the chief executive a certificate about the mediation in the approved form. A regulation may prescribe matters for this section, including processes and procedures for the mediation. In this section— mediator means the person named as the person who is to conduct the mediation in the notice given to the local government and the other entity under section 106ZB (3) . s 106ZC ins 2025 No. 14 s 21 (sec.106ZC-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive refers a local government and another entity to mediation under section 106ZB . (sec.106ZC-ssec.2) Participation in the mediation is voluntary. (sec.106ZC-ssec.3) The local government or the other entity may withdraw from the mediation at any time. (sec.106ZC-ssec.4) The mediation ends on the earliest of the following days— if the local government or the other entity withdraws from the mediation—the day the local government or entity withdraws; if the local government and the other entity agree the mediation has ended—the day the local government and the entity agree the mediation has ended; if the local government and the other entity sign an agreement agreeing to a resolution—the day the agreement is signed. (sec.106ZC-ssec.5) As soon as practicable after the mediation ends, the mediator must give the chief executive a certificate about the mediation in the approved form. (sec.106ZC-ssec.5A) A regulation may prescribe matters for this section, including processes and procedures for the mediation. (sec.106ZC-ssec.6) In this section— mediator means the person named as the person who is to conduct the mediation in the notice given to the local government and the other entity under section 106ZB (3) . - (a) if the local government or the other entity withdraws from the mediation—the day the local government or entity withdraws; - (b) if the local government and the other entity agree the mediation has ended—the day the local government and the entity agree the mediation has ended; - (c) if the local government and the other entity sign an agreement agreeing to a resolution—the day the agreement is signed.