New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH ADMINISTRATION ACT 1982 - SECT 20Q

20Q Information not to be given in evidence

(1) A person who is or was a member of a RCA team and the relevant health services organisation for which the RCA team was appointed are neither competent nor compellable:

(a) to produce before any court, tribunal, board or person any document in his, her or its possession or under his, her or its control that was created by, at the request of or solely for the purpose of the RCA team, or

(b) to divulge or communicate to any court, tribunal, board or person any matter or thing that came to the notice of a member of the RCA team as such a member.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a requirement made in proceedings in respect of any act or omission by a RCA team or by a member of a RCA team as a member.