Workers Compensation and Injury Management Conciliation Rules 2024

A party to a dispute may apply to the Director for a review of a conciliator’s decision to make a costs order or to refuse to make a costs order.

The Director may hold a conference with the parties to the dispute for the purposes of conducting the review.

In determining the review, the Director may have regard to —

the conciliator’s costs order, if any; and

the material relating to the costs application that was before the conciliator; and

if a conference is held with the parties — any other information provided by a party during the conference; and

any other material or information that the Director considers is relevant to the review.

The Director may do 1 or more of the following —

if a costs order is made by the conciliator — set aside the costs order;

make a new costs order;

remit the matter to the conciliator or a different conciliator for reconsideration.

A decision of the Director under this rule is a conciliation decision for the purposes of section 329 of the Act.