Victorian Numbered Acts

FARM DEBT MEDIATION ACT 2011 (NO. 42 OF 2011) - SECT 24

    (1)     In this section—

"mediation session" means a continuous period of time (excluding breaks) in which the parties engage in mediation in any one day in the presence of a mediator.

    (2)     The Small Business Commissioner may, from time to time, by notice published—

        (a)     in the Government Gazette; and

        (b)     on the website of the Small Business Commissioner—

fix a fee not exceeding 50 fee units in respect of each mediation session.

    (3)     A fee fixed by the Small Business Commissioner under this section must be paid to the Small Business Commissioner by each party to the mediation before a mediation session commences.

    (4)     A fee fixed under this section applies on and from the publication of the notice or on any later date specified in the notice.