Planning and Environment Court Act 2016
sec.16ADR process
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sec.16 ADR process
An ADR process is a process, without adjudication, under the rules in which an ADR registrar or mediator helps the parties to a dispute the subject of the P&E Court proceeding to achieve an early, inexpensive settlement or resolution of the dispute. The ADR process includes all the steps involved in the process, including the following steps— ADR conferences; pre-ADR conference and post-ADR conference sessions; joint sessions of some or all of the parties; private sessions; another step prescribed by the rules. An ADR registrar may, as part of the ADR process, confer with the parties about the way to conduct the P&E Court proceeding. s 16 amd 2019 No. 11 s 191 (sec.16-ssec.1) An ADR process is a process, without adjudication, under the rules in which an ADR registrar or mediator helps the parties to a dispute the subject of the P&E Court proceeding to achieve an early, inexpensive settlement or resolution of the dispute. (sec.16-ssec.2) The ADR process includes all the steps involved in the process, including the following steps— ADR conferences; pre-ADR conference and post-ADR conference sessions; joint sessions of some or all of the parties; private sessions; another step prescribed by the rules. (sec.16-ssec.3) An ADR registrar may, as part of the ADR process, confer with the parties about the way to conduct the P&E Court proceeding.
- (a) ADR conferences;
- (b) pre-ADR conference and post-ADR conference sessions;
- (c) joint sessions of some or all of the parties;
- (d) private sessions;
- (e) another step prescribed by the rules.