Health Complaints Act 2016
43Confidentiality of information given or agreement reached in conciliation process
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43 Confidentiality of information given or agreement reached in conciliation process
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a party must not disclose anything said or done in a conciliation or any agreement reached in a conciliation outside the process.
(2) A party may disclose anything said or done in a conciliation outside the process with the consent of the person to whom the information relates.
(3) Evidence of anything said or done in a conciliation is not admissible in any hearing or proceeding in a court or a tribunal.
See section 152 for the authorised disclosure of information gained in the course of a conciliation process.
(4) This section does not apply to an undertaking given under section 38(2) in the course of a conciliation.