Queensland Consolidated Acts

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COURT ACT 2016 - SECT 16

16 ADR process

(1) An
"ADR process" is a process, without adjudication, under the rules in which an ADR registrar or mediator helps the parties to a dispute the subject of the P&E Court proceeding to achieve an early, inexpensive settlement or resolution of the dispute.

(2) The ADR process includes all the steps involved in the process, including the following steps—

(a) ADR conferences;

(b) pre-ADR conference and post-ADR conference sessions;

(c) joint sessions of some or all of the parties;

(d) private sessions;

(e) another step prescribed by the rules.

(3) An ADR registrar may, as part of the ADR process, confer with the parties about the way to conduct the P&E Court proceeding.