Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if an election notice is given.
(2) If a conference was requested--
(a) the authorised officer must take all reasonable steps to ensure the conference is finished within 20 business days after the notice is given (the usual period); and
(b) chapter 7, part 1 applies for the conference.
(3) If an ADR was called for, the parties must use reasonable endeavours to finish it within 20 business days after the giving of the notice (also the usual period).
(4) Either party may, within the usual period, ask the other to agree to a longer period to finish the conference or ADR because of stated reasonable or unforeseen circumstances.
(5) If the parties agree to the longer period, that period applies instead of the usual period.
(6) If an ADR was called for, section 315 applies to the ADR as if a reference in the section to a conference were a reference to an ADR.
Editor's note--
section 315 (What happens if a party does not attend)