463Confidentiality of conciliation process

463 Confidentiality of conciliation process

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a party to a complaint must not disclose outside a conciliation—

(a) anything said or done in the conciliation; or

(b) any document created during the conciliation; or

(c) any document prepared for the purposes of the conciliation; or

(d) any agreement reached in the conciliation.

(2) A party to a complaint may disclose any information, document or agreement referred to in subsection (1) with the consent of the person to whom the information, document or agreement relates.

(3) Evidence of any information, document or agreement referred to in subsection (1) is not admissible in any hearing or proceeding in a court or a tribunal unless the parties consent.

See section 519 for the authorised disclosure of information obtained in the course of a conciliation.

(4) This section does not apply to an undertaking given by a party to a complaint in the course of a conciliation.