(1)The commissioner may make 1 or more dispute resolution recommendations for an application after the application is made and before it is resolved by a dispute resolution process.
(2)However, the commissioner must not make a dispute resolution recommendation after the commissioner refers the application to a dispute resolution officer, unless the dispute resolution officer refers the application back to the commissioner.
(3)A dispute resolution recommendation must be for 1 of the following dispute resolution processes—
(a)department conciliation;
(b)dispute resolution centre mediation;
(c)specialist mediation;
(d)specialist conciliation;
(e)department adjudication;
(f)specialist adjudication.
(4)If the commissioner has made a dispute resolution recommendation for the application, a further recommendation may be that the application be the subject of the same type of dispute resolution process or a different type.
(5)If an application for an interim order has been referred back to the commissioner under section 279(4), the commissioner may make a dispute resolution recommendation that the application be the subject of department conciliation without giving written notice as mentioned in section 243(1).