WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 712 Privacy

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 712

             (1)  The Commission must conduct the dispute resolution process in private.

             (2)  The Commission must not disclose or use any information or document that is given to the Commission in the course of conducting the dispute resolution process to any person, unless:

                     (a)  the information or document is disclosed or used for the purpose of conducting the process; or

                     (b)  the parties to the process consent to the disclosure or use; or

                     (c)  the information or document is disclosed or used in circumstances specified in regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph; or

                     (d)  the disclosure or use is otherwise required or authorised by law.

             (3)  Evidence of anything said, or any act done, in the dispute resolution process is not admissible in any proceedings relating to the dispute:

                     (a)  in any court; or

                     (b)  before a person authorised by a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory to hear evidence; or

                     (c)  before a person authorised by the consent of the parties to hear evidence;

unless:

                     (d)  the parties agree to the evidence being admissible; or

                     (e)  the evidence is admitted in circumstances specified in regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph.