(1) If the
conciliation officer thinks it appropriate, the conciliation officer is to
allow the parties and their representatives (or one or more of them) to
participate in a meeting or conciliation conference by means of telephones,
video links, or any other system or method of communication.
(2) If the
conciliation officer thinks it appropriate, the conciliation officer may
conduct all or part of a meeting or conciliation conference entirely on the
basis of documents without the parties or their representatives attending or
participating in a meeting or conciliation conference.
(3) The conciliation
officer may take into account a written submission prepared by a legal
practitioner or registered agent acting for a party to a dispute and submitted
by or on behalf of the party, whether or not the party is represented by a
legal practitioner or registered agent at a meeting or conciliation
conference.
[Section 182V inserted: No. 31 of 2011 s. 6.]