Queensland Consolidated Acts

FARM BUSINESS DEBT MEDIATION ACT 2017 - SECT 15

15 Asking for mediation

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a mortgagee has given a farmer a notice inviting a request for mediation; or

(b) a farmer owes a farm business debt to a mortgagee, whether or not the farmer is in default, or at risk of default, under the farm mortgage.

(2) The farmer may give a request for mediation notice to the mortgagee.

(3) A
"request for mediation notice" is a notice that—

(a) may, but need not, be in the approved form; and

(b) asks for mediation for the farm business debt; and

(c) states—

(i) if the farmer is not an individual—the name and contact details of the person authorised to act for the farmer in relation to the mediation; and

Note—

Section 23 provides for when a party to a mediation may be represented at a mediation meeting by an agent with the mediator’s approval or, for a party that is a corporation, by an officer or employee.

(ii) the farmer’s address for service of documents.

(4) The approved form for a request for mediation notice must provide for—

(a) the farmer to nominate 3 mediators from which the mortgagee may choose a mediator, to conduct the mediation, under section 18 ; and

(b) the farmer to request documents relating to the farm business debt and farm mortgage from the mortgagee under section 21 .