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Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
244BProtection of information disclosed in alternative dispute resolution
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#### 244B Protection of information disclosed in alternative dispute resolution
244B Protection of information disclosed in alternative dispute resolution
> > (1) Evidence of anything said or of any admission made in the course of alternative dispute resolution is not admissible in any proceedings before any court, tribunal or body.
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> > (2) Evidence of the conduct of any party in the course of alternative dispute resolution is not admissible in any proceedings before any court, tribunal or body.
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> > (3) A document prepared for the purposes of, or in the course of, or as a result of, alternative dispute resolution is not admissible in evidence in any proceedings before any court, tribunal or body.
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> > (4) Subsections (1)–(3) do not apply with respect to any evidence or document—
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> > > (a) if the persons participating in, or identified during, the alternative dispute resolution and in the case of a document, all persons identified in the document, consent to the admission of the evidence or document, or
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> > > (b) in proceedings instituted with respect to any act or omission in connection with which a disclosure has been made under section 244C(2)(b) or (c), (3) or (4).
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> **ch 15A (ss 244A–244C):** Ins 2014 No 8, Sch 1 \[90\].