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Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013
289ALodging of disputes for conciliation
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289A Lodging of disputes for conciliation
(1) A party to a dispute may lodge an application for conciliation of the dispute by ACCS.
(2) A party to a dispute that is dismissed from conciliation under section 294(1)(e) may lodge an application for further conciliation of the dispute or any part of the dispute by ACCS.
(3) A person may lodge an application under this section on behalf of a party to the dispute.
(4) An application for conciliation of a dispute must be lodged with ACCS by sending or delivering notice, in a form approved by ACCS, within 60 days after—
(a) notice of the decision to which the dispute relates was given to, or served on, the worker or claimant; or
(b) the dispute was dismissed from conciliation under section 294(1)(e).
The **Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000** provides for lodgement by electronic communication in accordance with that Act.
S. 289B inserted by No. 15/2021 s. 23.