Queensland Consolidated Acts

BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 248

248 Dispute resolution recommendation

(1) The commissioner may make 1 or more dispute resolution recommendations for an application after the application is made and before it is resolved by a dispute resolution process.

(2) However, the commissioner must not make a dispute resolution recommendation after the commissioner refers the application to a dispute resolution officer, unless the dispute resolution officer refers the application back to the commissioner.

(3) A dispute resolution recommendation must be for 1 of the following dispute resolution processes—

(a) department conciliation;

(b) dispute resolution centre mediation;

(c) specialist mediation;

(d) specialist conciliation;

(e) department adjudication;

(f) specialist adjudication.

(4) If the commissioner has made a dispute resolution recommendation for the application, a further recommendation may be that the application be the subject of the same type of dispute resolution process or a different type.

(5) If an application for an interim order has been referred back to the commissioner under section 279 (4) , the commissioner may make a dispute resolution recommendation that the application be the subject of department conciliation without giving written notice as mentioned in section 243 (1) .