68Court cannot compel disclosure by members and officers of certain confidential information

68 Court cannot compel disclosure by members and officers of certain confidential information

68 Court cannot compel disclosure by members and officers of certain confidential information

(1) A person who is, or has been, a member, registrar or other officer of the Tribunal is not competent, and cannot be required, to give evidence to a court relating to a matter, or produce in a court a document furnished to the Tribunal in connection with any proceedings, if—

(a) the giving of the evidence or production of the document would be contrary to an order of the Tribunal in force under section 64(1) or under a similar provision of another Act, or

(b) an application has been made to the Tribunal for an order under section 64(1), or under such a similar provision, concerning the matter to which the evidence would relate, or in relation to the document, and the Tribunal has not determined that application, or

(c) the evidence concerns, or the document is, a document that the Tribunal is prevented from disclosing by operation of section 66.

(2) A person who is, or has been, a member, registrar or other officer of the Tribunal cannot be required to give evidence to a court in relation to any proceedings in the Tribunal.

(3) In this section—

court includes any tribunal, authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.

produce includes permit access to.

ss 67–70: Ins 2013 No 94, Sch 1 [25].