Victorian Numbered Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 (NO. 67 OF 2013) - SECT 296

    (1)     Subject to subsection (4), a Conciliation Officer must issue an outcome certificate within 7 days of the conclusion of a conciliation if—

        (a)     the dispute that is the subject of the conciliation was referred to conciliation under section 282; and

        (b)     the dispute is resolved.

    (2)     The outcome certificate must—

        (a)     be in a form approved by the Senior Conciliation Officer; and

        (b)     be provided to the worker and the employer and the Authority or self-insurer; and

        (c)     set out any terms on which the dispute is resolved; and

        (d)     certify that each party to the dispute is bound by the result; and

        (e)     state that the outcome certificate is evidence of—

              (i)     the resolution of the dispute between the parties; and

              (ii)     the terms on which the dispute has been resolved.

    (3)     The outcome certificate is admissible in any court proceeding as evidence of—

        (a)     the resolution of the dispute between the parties; and

        (b)     the terms on which the dispute has been resolved.

    (4)     A Conciliation Officer is not required to comply with subsection (1) in relation to a dispute referred to in that subsection if the Conciliation Officer issues a certificate in respect of that dispute under section 273 of this Act or section 104(7) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 .