Victorian Numbered Acts

OWNER DRIVERS AND FORESTRY CONTRACTORS ACT 2005 (NO 49 OF 2005) - SECT 36

    (1)     A party to alternative dispute resolution may be represented by—

        (a)     an Australian legal practitioner (within the meaning of the Legal Profession Act 2004 ); or

        (b)     in the case of a party that is a contractor—an association, including a trade union, that represents contractors or a class of contractors; or

        (c)     in the case of a party that is a hirer—an association that represents hirers or a class of hirers; or

        (d)     any other person considered appropriate by the person conducting the alternative dispute resolution.

    (2)     Despite sub-section (1), the person conducting the alternative dispute resolution may meet with the party (alone or together with any other party) without the party's representative being present.