New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 47.18

47.18 Disclosure of offer to arbitrator

(cf SCR Part 72A, rule 19)

(1) No statement of the fact that an offer has been made may be contained in any document delivered to the arbitrator before the time prescribed by subrule (4).

(2) If an offer has not been accepted, no communication with respect to the offer may be made to the arbitrator before the time prescribed by subrule (4).

(3) Subrules (1) and (2) do not apply if a notice of offer provides that the offer is not made without prejudice.

(4) The time prescribed for the purposes of subrules (1) and (2) is the time when the arbitrator--

(a) has made decisions on all questions of liability and the relief to be granted in respect of the claim to which the offer relates, and

(b) has communicated the decisions to one or more of the parties.