Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

Subject to this section, a conference mentioned in subsection 46PJ(1) is to be conducted in such manner as the person presiding at the conference considers appropriate.

The conference is to be conducted in private.

The person presiding at the conference must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the conduct of the conference does not disadvantage any complainant or respondent.

Unless the person presiding at the conference consents:

an individual is not entitled to be represented at the conference by another person; and

a body (whether or not incorporated) is not entitled to be represented at the conference otherwise than by a person who is an officer or employee of the body.

Despite paragraph (4)(a), an individual who is unable to attend the conference because the individual has a disability is entitled to nominate another person to attend instead on his or her behalf.

If the person presiding at the conference considers that an individual is unable to participate fully in the conference because the individual has a disability, the individual is entitled to nominate another person to assist him or her at the conference.

For the purposes of this section, disability has the same meaning as in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.