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Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
42HRepresentation during conciliation process
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### 42H Representation during conciliation process
> [*\[Section 42H of Part V Inserted by No. 99 of 2000, s. 23, Applied:01 Jul 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-07-01/act-2000-099#GS23@EN)
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> > (1) [*\[Section 42H Subsection (1) amended by No. 7 of 2025, s. 276, Applied:01 Jul 2025\]*](/view/html/inforce/2025-07-01/act-2025-007#GS276@Hpa@EN) Subject to subsection (3), a worker may be represented during the conciliation process.
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> > (2) Subject to [subsection (3)](#GS42H@Gs3@EN) , a party, other than a worker, may be represented during the conciliation process by –
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> > > > (a) in the case of a body corporate, an officer of the body corporate; and
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> > > > (b) in any other case, an officer of an association to which that party belongs.
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> > (3) A person representing a worker, or an officer referred to in [subsection (2)](#GS42H@Gs2@EN) , must have the authority to settle or otherwise determine the claim on behalf of the worker or party represented at a conciliation conference.
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> > (4) [*\[Section 42H Subsection (4) amended by No. 36 of 2017, s. 29, Applied:19 Sep 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-09-19/act-2017-036#GS29@EN) [*\[Section 42H Subsection (4) amended by No. 66 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-12-31/act-2007-066#JS1@Ja110@GC3@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 42H Subsection (4) amended by No. 66 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-12-31/act-2007-066#JS1@Ja110@GC3@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 42H Subsection (4) omitted by No. 7 of 2025, s. 276, Applied:01 Jul 2025\]*](/view/html/inforce/2025-07-01/act-2025-007#GS276@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .
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> > (5) [*\[Section 42H Subsection (5) omitted by No. 7 of 2025, s. 276, Applied:01 Jul 2025\]*](/view/html/inforce/2025-07-01/act-2025-007#GS276@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .
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> > (6) [*\[Section 42H Subsection (6) omitted by No. 7 of 2025, s. 276, Applied:01 Jul 2025\]*](/view/html/inforce/2025-07-01/act-2025-007#GS276@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .