Small Business Commissioner Regulation 2022 (Qld)

Small Business Commissioner Regulation 2022

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Small Business Commissioner Regulation 2022.

2 Commencement This regulation commences on 3 May 2022.

Part 2 Mediation

3 Change to time and date of mediation conference (1) This section applies if a party receives a notice stating the time, date and place of a mediation conference under the Act, section 23(5)(b)(ii). (2) The party may ask the mediator in writing, within 2 days after receiving the notice in subsection (1), to change the mediation conference date to a day that is no later than 7 days after the date stated in the notice. (3) If the mediator receives a request under subsection (2), the mediator may— (a) change the mediation conference date to a day that is no later than 7 days after the date stated in the notice; and (b) give each party to the dispute a notice stating the details, including the new time and date, of the mediation conference.

4 Mediation of related disputes (1) A party may, within 2 days after the notice under section 3(1) is received, ask the mediator in writing to mediate related disputes together at the mediation conference. Example of related disputes— a small business dispute between a person who subleases premises and the person who is the sublessor, and a small business dispute between the sublessor who leases the premises occupied by the sublessee and the lessor from whom the sublessor leases the premises (2) If the mediator receives a request under subsection (1) and all other parties to the related disputes agree, the mediator may give each party to the related disputes a further notice stating the details of the mediation conference, including the time and date and the parties to the related disputes that are to participate in the conference.