Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)RegulationsEssential Service Committee RegulationsPart A - Essential Service Investigation4. Pre-hearing conference |
| (1) | The chairperson, or in his absence the deputy chairperson person may— |
| (a) | prior to holding a hearing, request all or some of the interested parties who have requested an opportunity to make oral representations to attend a pre-hearing conference; and |
| (b) | at any stage, direct that a pre-hearing conference held in terms of paragraph (a) be chaired by the chairperson, the deputy chairperson or a senior commissioner. |
| (2) | The purpose of a pre-hearing conference is to attempt to reach consensus between the parties on: |
| (a) | identifying facts that are common cause between some or ail of the interested parties; |
| (b) | identifying facts that are in dispute between some or all of the interested parties; |
| (c) | identifying issues on which oral representations may be made; |
| (d) | the preparation of documents for submission to the Committee and exchange of documents among interested parties, |
| (e) | the necessity for on-the-spot inspections; and |
| (f) | dealing with any other matter which may facilitate or expedite the conduct of the hearing. |
| (3) | The interested parties attending the pre-hearing conference must prepare and sign a minute of the pre-hearing conference, provided that where the conference has been convened in terms of Regulation 4(1)(b), the person mentioned in regulation 4(1)(b) may prepare a pre-hearing minute for signature by the parties. |