A-21, r. 12 - Regulation respecting the conciliation and arbitration procedure for the accounts of members of the Ordre professionnel des architectes du Québec

Section 8 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

8. Where conciliation does not lead to an agreement within 60 days from the date of receipt of the application for conciliation, the conciliator shall send a report on the dispute to the client and to the architect.

The report shall contain the following information, where applicable:

(1)  the amount of the account in dispute;

(2)  the amount that the client acknowledges owing;

(3)  the amount that the architect acknowledges having to reimburse or is willing to accept as settlement of the dispute;

(4)  the amount suggested by the conciliator during conciliation as a payment to the architect or as a reimbursement to the client.

The conciliator shall send the client the form in Schedule I and shall indicate to him the procedure and deadline for submitting the dispute to arbitration.

The conciliation report referred to in this section is confidential. The conciliation report may not be invoked in connection with a judicial proceeding or arbitration, including arbitration under Division II initiated for the recovery of an account, unless both parties consent.

O.C. 164-93, s. 8; O.C. 689-2008, s. 7.