Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020
99Compulsory conferences
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99 Compulsory conferences
[Section 99 Inserted by No. 17 of 2021, s. 18, Applied:05 Nov 2021]
(1) The Tribunal may, at an initial directions hearing or at any other time, require parties to any proceedings to attend a compulsory conference.
(2) The Tribunal must, if so required by the Tribunal rules or a relevant Act, require parties to proceedings to attend a compulsory conference.
(3) Despite subsection (2) and any provision of a relevant Act that requires or permits a conference to be held, the Tribunal may dispense with a compulsory conference if it is of the opinion that –
(a) no useful purpose would be served by a conference between the parties; or
(b) there is another reason that justifies dispensing with the conference.
(4) The purpose of a compulsory conference is to identify and clarify the issues in the proceedings and to promote the resolution of the matters by a settlement between the parties.