22. Amendment of section 30

Section 30 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by substituting for subsections (1) and (2) the following subsections:

“(1) A dispute between two or more persons regarding any matter under sections 9e, 17, 24 to 29 and 32

shall first be attempted to be resolved by negotiations between the parties to the dispute.

(2)

If the parties to a dispute cannot or otherwise fail to reach an agreement to resolve the dispute, the parties may seek resolution of the dispute by a committee established by the Commission to hear and resolve disputes:

Provided that in a case where the Commission thinks fit the dispute may be determined by arbitration under section 36.”;

(b)

in subsection (4)—

(i)

by inserting after the word “sections” the words

“9e, 17,”; and

(ii)

by inserting after the word “29” the words “and 32”; and

(c)

in subsection (5), by deleting the words “or the arbitrator, as the case may be,”.

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