Inquiries by Tribunal officer,
(b) shall be affected-
() by delivering them personally to the defendant; (ii) by leaving them with some person for him at his last known place of residence or at his place of business; or
(i) in such other manner as may be directed by the registrar.
(3) The registrar shall, if the presiding officer has specified a period under section 14(2)(b) or (c), and the registrar has been notified, fix a new date of hearing to take account of that period and notify the defendant of the new date of hearing in the manner prescribed by subsection (2).
14. (1) When a claim has been filed. the registrar sball forward a copy thereof to a tribunal officer, who shall prepare a summary of facts relating to the claim.
(2) The tribunal officer shall, if he is unable to complete the inquiries necessary for the preparation of the summary of facts relating to the claim within ten days from the Bling of the claim, forthwith so inform the presiding officer, who shall, subject to section 16, direct the tribunal officer 10-
(a) cease to inquire further into the facts of the claim and
prepare the summary of facts;
(b) complete the inquiries within such further period as
may be specified by the presiding officer; or
(c) continue his inquiries and report thereon to the pre- siding officer within such period as may be specified by the presiding officer,
and shall notify the registrar of any period specified by him under paragraph (b) or (c).
(3) A summary of facts prepared by a tribunal officer shall, in addition to any other information which he considers will be of assistance to the tribunal, set out such facts as appear to him to be agreed by all or any of the parties and such facts as appear to him to be in dispute between any of the parties.
(4) For the purpose of preparing a summary of facts, a tribunal officer shall have power to-
(a) interview at any reasonable time any person, including
a party, and record a statement from him;
(b) enter and inspect at any reasonable time any premises in which a party is or has been employed and to
examine any part of the premises and any machinery. fittings or equipment therein; and
(c) require any person to produce at any reasonable time any records, books of account or other documents which the tribunal officer may reasonably consider to be relevant to the claim, and to examine and make copies of such records, books of account or other documents.
(3) A person who is interviewed by a tribunal officer shall not be compelled to make a statement or to answer any question put to him but the tribunal officer shall record in his summary of facts if any person has refused to be interviewed or to answer any question put to him.
(6) A person who makes a statement to a tribunal officer shall be entitled to read such statement or, if he is illiterate or if the statement is written in a language which he does not understand, to have the statement read out to him in a language which he does understand and to correct any errors therein.
(7) A statement made to a tribunal officer may be admitted as evidence of all matters therein if it is produced before the tribunal by the tribunal officer who recorded it and contains a statement by him that subsection (6) was complied with at the time when the statement was recorded.
15. (1) The tribunal shall not hear a claim until a certificate in the prescribed form signed by a tribunal officer or an au- thorized officer is filed or produced to the effect that--
() one or more of the parties has refused to take part
in conciliation;
(b) conciliation has been attempted but no settlement has
been reached;
(c) conciliation is unlikely to result in a settlement being
reached; or
(d) conciliation may prejudice the interests of a party.
(2) A certificate under subsection (1) shall be filed with or produced to the tribunal not later than twenty-four hours before the date fixed for the hearing of the claim.
(3) During the hearing of a claim the tribunal may, subject to sections 16 and 30, adjourn the claim and notify the Commis- sioner in the prescribed form the adjournment and the reason therefor if-
(a) the tribunal is of the opinion that there is a reasonable
likelihood of a settlement of the claim; and
Conciliation certificate to
be filed.