Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive officer may appoint conciliators for this Act and the accommodation Act.
(2) The chief executive officer may appoint a person as a conciliator only if the chief executive officer is satisfied the person is qualified for appointment because the person has the necessary expertise or experience.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the chief executive officer may be satisfied a person has the necessary expertise or experience because the person has satisfactorily completed the training approved by the chief executive officer for this section.
(4) The functions of a conciliator under this Act are--
(a) to encourage the settlement of a tenancy dispute by facilitating, and helping to conduct, negotiations between parties to the dispute; and
(b) to promote the open exchange of information relevant to the dispute by the parties; and
(c) to provide to the parties information about the operation of this Act relevant to a settlement of the dispute; and
(d) to help in the settlement of the dispute in any other appropriate way.
Examples of facilitating and helping conduct negotiations--
1 facilitating telephone conferencing
2 interviewing the parties, together or separately