Land Access Ombudsman Act 2017

This section applies if a party (the initiating party) has a right to give an ADR election notice to another party (the other party) under—

any of the following provisions of the Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014—

section 51A(2);

section 88(2);

section 92A(2); or

either of the following provisions of the Mineral Resources Act 1989—

section 85AA(2);

section 283C(2); or

the Water Act 2000, section 426(2)(b).

The initiating party may, in the ADR election notice, state the land access ombudsman as the ADR facilitator proposed to conduct the ADR.

If the other party accepts the land access ombudsman as the ADR facilitator, the initiating party may apply to the land access ombudsman to conduct the ADR.

This section applies despite any agreement to the contrary.