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162AUse of conference of experts and joint experts reports in a hearing
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162A Use of conference of experts and joint experts reports in a hearing
(1) Unless the persons who attend a conference of experts held under section 159A agree, or the panel otherwise directs, anything said or done during a conference of experts, except as referred to in a joint experts report, must not be referred to at any hearing to which it relates.
(2) A joint experts report may be given to the panel as evidence (as appropriate) of—
(a) joint or separate opinions of the experts; or
(b) matters agreed by the experts; or
(c) matters not agreed by the experts.
S. 163 substituted by No. 12/2021 s. 52.