184Particular powers of a relevant adjudicator in a hearing

184 Particular powers of a relevant adjudicator in a hearing

184 Particular powers of a relevant adjudicator in a hearing

(1) A party in a dispute hearing may—

(a) inform the relevant adjudicator for an access dispute the subject of the dispute hearing that, in the party’s opinion, a specified part of a document contains confidential information (the relevant part of the document); and

(b) request the relevant adjudicator not to give a copy of the relevant part of the document to another party.

(2) On receiving a request, the relevant adjudicator must—

(a) inform the other party or parties that the request has been made and of the general nature of the matters to which the relevant part of the document relates; and

(b) ask the other party or parties whether there is any objection to the relevant adjudicator complying with the request.

(3) If there is an objection to the relevant adjudicator complying with the request, the party objecting may inform the relevant adjudicator of the objection and of the reasons for it.

(4) The relevant adjudicator must consider—

(a) a request; and

(b) any objection; and

(c) any further submissions that any party has made in relation to the request.

(5) After considering the matters mentioned in subsection (4), the relevant adjudicator may decide—

(a) not to give the other party or parties a copy of any part of the relevant part of the document that the relevant adjudicator thinks should not be given; or

(b) to give the other party or another specified party a copy of the whole, or part, of the relevant part of the document subject to —

(i) a condition that the party give an undertaking not to disclose the information contained in the relevant part of the document to another person except to the extent specified by the relevant adjudicator; and

(ii) any other condition the relevant adjudicator considers appropriate.

s 184: Subst 2022 No 21, sec 75.