Hong Kong Regulations

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION (INVESTIGATION AND CONCILIATION) RULES - SECT 8

Procedure at conference

(1) A conference is to be held in private.

(2) The person presiding at a conference may determine its order of
proceedings and the manner of conducting it.

(3) Unless the person presiding at a conference consents-

   (a)  an individual is not entitled to be represented at the conference by
        another person (unless otherwise provided in any provision in the
        Ordinance which is applicable to the particular case);

   (b)  a body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, is not entitled
        to be represented at the conference by a person other than an officer
        or employee of that body.

(4) Where the person presiding at a conference-

   (a)  is of the opinion that a matter cannot be settled by conciliation;

   (b)  has endeavoured to settle a matter by conciliation but has not been
        successful; or

   (c)  is of the opinion that the nature of a matter is such that it should
        be referred to the Commission, he shall refer the matter to the
        Commission together with a report relating to any investigation made
        into the matter.

(5) A report for the purposes of subsection (4) shall not include or describe
anything said or done in the course of the conference. (Enacted 1996)