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65JUse of conference of experts and joint experts reports in proceeding
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65J Use of conference of experts and joint experts reports in proceeding
(1) Unless the parties to the proceeding agree, or the court otherwise orders, the content of a conference of experts, except as referred to in a joint experts report, must not be referred to at any hearing of the proceeding to which it relates.
(2) A joint experts report may be tendered at the trial as evidence of any matters agreed.
(3) In relation to any matters not agreed, a joint experts report may be used or tendered at the trial only in accordance with—
(a) the rules of evidence; and
(b) the rules of court and practices of the court in which the trial is heard.
(4) Except by leave of the court, a party affected may not adduce evidence from any other expert witness on the issues dealt with in the joint experts report.
S. 65K inserted by No. 62/2012 s. 10.