New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BUILDING PROFESSIONALS ACT 2005 - SECT 24

24 Conciliation of complaints

(1) If the Board thinks it appropriate to do so, the Board may recommend to a complainant and the accreditation holder the subject of the complaint that they undertake conciliation of the complaint (whether or not the complaint has been dismissed or is being investigated).

(2) The Board may arrange for one of its officers to assist in conciliation of a complaint.

(3) The Board is not prevented from investigating a complaint because the parties to the complaint agree to undertake conciliation of the complaint.

(4) Evidence of anything said or of any admission made during the conciliation process is not admissible in any proceedings before a court, tribunal or body.

(5) A document prepared for the purposes of, or in the course of, the conciliation process (or a copy of such a document) is not admissible in any proceedings before a court, tribunal or body.

(6) This section does not apply to evidence or a document if the persons who attended, or were named during, the conciliation process and, in the case of a document, all persons named in the document, consent to admission of the evidence or document.

(7) A person cannot be required (whether by subpoena or any other procedure) to produce evidence or a document that is inadmissible in evidence in proceedings before a court, tribunal or body because of this section.