114Provisions concerning the acceptance of settlement offers

114 Provisions concerning the acceptance of settlement offers (1) An offer must be open for acceptance until immediately before the Tribunal makes its orders on the matters in dispute, or until the expiry of a specified period after the offer is made, whichever is the shorter period. (2) The minimum period that can be specified is 14 days. (3) An offer cannot be withdrawn while it is open for acceptance without the permission of the Tribunal. (4) In deciding whether to give permission, the Tribunal may examine the offer, even if it was made without prejudice. (5) If the offer was made without prejudice, a member of the tribunal who examines it for the purposes of subsection (4) can take no further part in the proceeding after determining whether or not to give permission. (6) A party can only accept an offer by giving the party who made it a signed notice of acceptance. (7) A party may accept an offer even though it has made a counter-offer. S. 114(8) inserted by No. 6/2025 s. 184. (8) This section does not apply to any RDRV proceeding or settlement by ADR at RDRV. S. 115 amended by No. 6/2025 s. 185 (ILA s. 39B(1)).