Architects Act 2004

The Board may refer to a committee a complaint that there is proper cause for disciplinary action in respect of a person, for conciliation of the matter.

The committee is to commence conciliation procedures within 14 days of the complaint being referred to it under subsection (1).

The function of the committee as conciliator is to encourage the settlement of the matter by —

communicating with the persons concerned, or their representatives; and

arranging discussions between the persons concerned, or their representatives, and assisting in those discussions; and

causing the persons concerned, or any of them or their representatives, either separately or together, to appear before the committee; and

giving advice and making recommendations to assist in the reaching of settlement.

The Board may, with the consent of each of the parties to a conciliation, by order give effect to a settlement negotiated under this Division.

If the Board makes an order under subsection (4) —

the terms of the settlement reached between the parties referred to in the order are final and binding on those parties; and

the order may include any matter that might have been ordered by the State Administrative Tribunal under section 57.

It is not a function of the Board or a committee of the Board to conduct an arbitration of a dispute.

Evidence of anything lawfully said or done, or any record prepared and produced for the purpose of conciliation, by a person in the course of the conciliation process is not to be used in any subsequent consideration of the complaint by the Board nor, unless that person waives the right to object, is it admissible in evidence against that person in any subsequent civil proceedings concerning the subject matter of the complaint.