The costs of the preparation of a report (including any examination, test or advice obtained) by an assessor in relation to domestic building work are payable by a party to a domestic building work dispute that was subject to conciliation if—
(a) written notice of a conciliation conference was given to the party; and
(b) the party, without reasonable excuse, failed to participate in the conciliation conference; and
(c) a dispute resolution order is issued against the party because the building work was defective or incomplete.
S. 48L inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 6.