48Dealing with complaint by alternative dispute management

#### 48 Dealing with complaint by alternative dispute management 48 Dealing with complaint by alternative dispute management > > (1) The Commission may decide to attempt to deal with a complaint by mediation, conciliation or any other alternative dispute management process for the purpose of resolving the complaint. > > > (2) Any statement or admission made in the course of the process and any document prepared for the purposes of it is not admissible in any subsequent investigation (including an examination) under this Act or in any other legal proceeding (unless the person who said or admitted the thing, or to whom the document relates, consents to its admission). > > > (3) If an attempt to deal with a complaint by a process under this section is unsuccessful, the conciliation is to be treated as if it had not taken place. However, any member of the Commission or Assistant Commissioner who assisted in the process is excluded from participating as an investigating officer in any investigation of the complaint concerned. > > > (4) Subsection (3) does not prevent a member of the Commission who assisted in a process under this section from participating in making any decision under section 19 (2). > > > (5) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the process for dealing with complaints under this section.