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In forceEvidence not admissible in court—expert report
Chapter 5Certain evidence under court rules not admissible
83 Evidence not admissible in court—expert report
(1)
This section applies if—
(a)
a party to a civil proceeding in the Supreme Court or Magistrates Court (the court) engages an expert witness; and
(b)
the expert witness prepares a report (an expert report); and
(c)
the expert report does not contain an acknowledgment by the expert witness who prepared the report that the expert witness has read the code of conduct for expert witnesses prescribed by the rules under the Court Procedures Act 2004 applying to the expert witness and agrees to be bound by it.
(2)
The expert report is not admissible in evidence in the proceeding, unless the court otherwise orders.
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