21OInformation not to be given in evidence

21O Information not to be given in evidence

21O Information not to be given in evidence

(1) A person is neither competent nor compellable to produce any document or disclose any communication (or to disclose any information that the person obtained from any such document or communication) to a court, tribunal, board, person or body if the document was prepared, or the communication was made, for the dominant purpose of the exercise of a function under this Part by an incident reviewer.

(2) This section does not apply to a requirement made—

(a) in proceedings in respect of any act or omission by an incident reviewer, or

(b) by a person or body who has been approved by the Health Secretary to carry out a review or audit of an assessment or review by an incident reviewer.

s 21O: Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2].