Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) Without limiting Rule 50.07(1), at any stage of a proceeding the Court constituted by a Judge of the Court, an Associate Judge or a judicial registrar, with or without the consent of any party, may order that the proceeding or any part of the proceeding be referred to the Prothonotary or to a Deputy Prothonotary for mediation.
(2) A Prothonotary or Deputy Prothonotary who undertakes a mediation may give any direction with respect to the conduct of the mediation as he or she thinks fit.
(3) Except so far as the Court constituted by a Judge of the Court, an Associate Judge or a judicial registrar otherwise orders, an order for mediation under this Rule shall not operate as a stay of the proceeding.