Victorian Current Acts

CIVIL PROCEDURE ACT 2010 - SECT 66

    (1)     A court may make an order referring a civil proceeding, or part of a civil proceeding, to appropriate dispute resolution.

    (2)     Subject to any rules of court, an order under subsection (1) may be made without the consent of the parties if the type of appropriate dispute resolution to which the civil proceeding or part of the civil proceeding is referred is not—

        (a)     arbitration; or

        (b)     reference to a special referee; or

        (c)     expert determination; or

        (d)     any other type of appropriate dispute resolution which results, directly or indirectly, in a binding outcome.

    (3)     An order under subsection (1) may be made at any stage in the proceeding.