51Confidentiality of the conciliation process

51 Confidentiality of the conciliation process

51 Confidentiality of the conciliation process

(1) Evidence of anything said or of any admission made during the conciliation process is not admissible in any proceedings before a court, tribunal or body.

(2) A document prepared for the purposes of, or in the course of, the conciliation process (or a copy of such a document) is not admissible in any proceedings before a court, tribunal or body.

(3) This section does not apply to evidence or a document if the persons who attended, or were named during, the conciliation process and, in the case of a document, all persons named in the document, consent to admission of the evidence or document.

(4) A person cannot be required (whether by subpoena or any other procedure) to produce evidence or a document that is inadmissible in evidence in proceedings before a court, tribunal or body because of this section.

s 51: Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [9].