Commission may refuse to deal with dispute
12C Commission may refuse to deal with dispute
In the performance of its functions relating to the resolution of disputes, the Commission may refuse to deal with a dispute for any of the following reasons:
the dispute does not involve a small business;
the dispute is, in the opinion of the Commission, trivial, vexatious or does not arise or has not been made in good faith;
the dispute is unlikely to be resolved through alternative dispute resolution;
the dispute is the subject of proceedings before a court;
there is another government agency or person that the Commission is satisfied is better suited to deal with the dispute;
any other reason determined by the Commission.
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