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Human Rights Act 1993

Resolution of disputes about compliance with Part 1A and Part 2

86: Evidence as to dispute resolution meeting

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"What happens at a dispute resolution meeting can't be used as evidence in court."

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You cannot use what happens at a dispute resolution meeting as evidence in court. A mediator at the meeting cannot talk about the meeting or what they learned during it. You also cannot use certain statements or documents as evidence if they have to be kept confidential under section 85(1).

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Part 3Resolution of disputes about compliance with Part 1A and Part 2

86Evidence as to dispute resolution meeting

  1. No mediator at a dispute resolution meeting may give evidence in any proceedings, whether under this Act or any other Act, about—

  2. the meeting; or
    1. anything related to the meeting that comes to his or her knowledge for the purposes of, or in the course of, the meeting.

      1. No evidence is admissible in any court, or before any person acting judicially, of any statement, admission, document, or information that, under section 85(1), is required to be kept confidential.

      Notes
      • Section 86: substituted, on , by section 9 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96).