On referral to conciliation under s 42(5) of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 (SA), the Corporation has a duty to genuinely conciliate and to consider whether to depart from its general policy against redemptions in the particular case. A blanket policy against redemptions is inconsistent with this duty. However, the Court left open whether s 42 imposes any obligation on the Corporation to consider a redemption request prior to conciliation being invoked. Mandamus will be refused where a worker has not first invoked the statutory conciliation procedures.
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