10Notice of arbitration application being accepted by IPART—the Act, Sch 2, cl 4(a)

10 Notice of arbitration application being accepted by IPART—the Act, Sch 2, cl 4(a)

10 Notice of arbitration application being accepted by IPART—the Act, Sch 2, cl 4(a)

(1) IPART must give written notice to the following persons of an arbitration application accepted by IPART—

(a) the Minister,

(b) the parties.

(2) The notice must—

(a) specify the following—

(i) when the application was accepted,

(ii) the determination date, and

(b) be given as soon as practicable after IPART accepts the application.

(3) An arbitrator may, before the determination date—

(a) postpone the determination date to a later date (the revised date), and

(b) give written notice of the revised date to—

(i) the Minister, and

(ii) the parties.

Note—

The Act, section 40(8) requires an arbitrator to use the arbitrator’s best endeavours to determined a dispute by the determination date.

(4) A reference to a determination date in subsection (3) includes a reference to a revised date.