46CStatements made during conciliation

46C Statements made during conciliation (1) Evidence of anything said or done by the parties or the conciliation officer during conciliation under this Division is not admissible in any proceeding before VCAT under Part 5 or in any other legal proceeding unless all the parties to the dispute agree in writing to the giving of the evidence. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to— (a) any written communication from the conciliation officer to any of the parties to the dispute; or (b) anything said or done by an assessor appointed under Division 5; or (c) any report produced for the purpose of the conciliation by an assessor appointed under Division 5. (3) Nothing in this section prevents the use of any information or document disclosed in a conciliation for the purposes of— (a) determining whether to make a dispute resolution order under this Part; or (b) any disciplinary proceedings under Part 11 of the **Building Act 1993** in relation to a contravention of— (i) this Act or the regulations; or (ii) the **Building Act 1993** or the regulations under that Act. **Note** Clause 12A(3) of Schedule 1 to the **Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998** places limits on the power of VCAT to request information that is inadmissible because of section 46C. S. 46D inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 6, amended by No. 48/2018 s. 48, repealed by No. 47/2019 s. 12. S. 46E inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 6.