Victorian Current Acts

DOMESTIC BUILDING CONTRACTS ACT 1995 - SECT 45B

    (1)     For the purpose of making an initial assessment of a referral, a conciliation officer may—

        (a)     make any inquiries or obtain any information the conciliation officer considers necessary; and

        (b)     ask the referring party to provide further information or documents relating to the dispute; and

        (c)     require the referring party to provide evidence that the referring party has taken reasonable steps to resolve the dispute with the other parties to the dispute.

    (2)     A conciliation officer may fix a time for compliance with a request or requirement under subsection (1) and may extend that time at the request of the referring party.

    (3)     A conciliation officer may ask any other party to the domestic building work dispute to participate in a conciliation of the dispute if the conciliation officer considers it appropriate to do so.

S. 45BA inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 43.