Western Australian Current Acts

ENERGY ARBITRATION AND REVIEW ACT 1998 - SECT 59

59 .         Practice and procedures

        (1)         The Board may —

            (a)         sit at any time or place;

            (b)         adjourn proceedings from time to time and from place to place;

            (c)         refer a matter to an expert for report and accept the expert’s report in evidence.

        (2)         The Board must give the parties to proceedings reasonable notice of the time and place of the proceedings.

        (3)         A party is entitled to appear before the Board personally or by counsel or other representative.

        (4)         A party must be allowed a reasonable opportunity to call or give evidence, to examine or cross-examine witnesses and to make submissions to the Board.

        (5)         The Board may make a determination in any proceedings in the absence of a party to the proceedings if satisfied that the party was given reasonable opportunity to appear but failed to do so.

        (6)         At the conclusion of proceedings, the Board must give to each party a written statement of the reasons for its decision.

        [Section 59 amended: No. 16 of 2009 s. 38.]