33Party may request arbitrator to treat material as confidential

33 Party may request arbitrator to treat material as confidential (1) A party to an arbitration hearing may: (a) inform the arbitrator that, in the party’s opinion, a specified part of a document contains confidential commercial information; and (b) request the arbitrator not to give a copy of that part to another party. (2) On receiving a request, the arbitrator must: (a) inform the other party or parties that the request has been made and of the general nature of the matters to which the relevant part of the document relates; and (b) ask the other party or parties whether there is any objection to the arbitrator complying with the request. (3) If there is an objection to the arbitrator complying with a request, the party objecting may inform the arbitrator of its objection and of the reasons for it. (4) After considering: (a) a request; (b) any objection; and (c) any further submissions that a party has made in relation to the request,

AustralAsia Railway (Third Party Access) Act 1999 25 the arbitrator may decide not to give to the other party or parties a copy of so much of the document as contains confidential commercial information that the arbitrator thinks should not be so given.