Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN SMALL BUSINESS AND FAMILY ENTERPRISE OMBUDSMAN ACT 2015 - SECT 15

    The following functions are included in the assistance function :

  (a)   to respond under Division   2 of Part   4 to requests for assistance in relation to relevant actions, including by referring requests to another agency of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory or by working co - operatively with another agency of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory to give assistance;

  (b)   where a request for assistance relates to a dispute in relation to a relevant action, to make recommendations under Division   3 of Part   4 about how the dispute may be managed, including recommendations that an alternative dispute resolution process be used to manage the dispute;

  (c)   to give assistance under Division   3A of Part   4 in advising on and preparing a person's case for a no adverse costs order under subsection   82(4) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 .