Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person who
acquires information solely as a result of a Committee performing its
functions is neither competent nor compellable in civil proceedings to divulge
or communicate that information to any court, tribunal, board or person.
(1a) A document that
was created by or at the request of a Committee, or solely for the performance
of a Committee’s functions, is not subject to discovery and is not to be
used in evidence in civil proceedings before any court, tribunal, board or
person unless the document has been made available to the public or given to
the Minister or to the governing body of the Committee.
(2)
Subsections (1) and (1a) do not apply to —
(a) a
report which has been furnished, or information that has been made available,
to a Committee which does not disclose, either expressly or by implication,
the identity of an individual; or
(b) a
requirement made in proceedings in respect of any act or omission by a
Committee or by a member of a Committee as a member.
(3) This section does
not limit section 9.
[Section 10 amended by No. 61 of 2004
s. 9.]