The Council of The Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia resolved at a meeting on 16 November 2006 that, where any two or more parties have agreed between them that a dispute arising or having arisen between them shall be submitted:
- to conciliation in accordance with The Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia Mediation and Concilliation Rules; or
- to conciliation in accordance with The Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia Conciliation Rules,
the Rules numbered 1 to 13 hereafter shall apply.