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s 8

Documents not to be produced in court etc

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8 Documents not to be produced in court etc

(1)

A person who has assisted, or is assisting, in the conduct of a prescribed study shall not be required:

(a)

to produce in a court, or permit a court to have access to, a document prepared or obtained in the course of the conduct of that study, being a document concerning the affairs of another person; or

(b)

to divulge or communicate to a court any information concerning the affairs of another person acquired by him or her by reason of his or her having assisted, or assisting, in the conduct of that study.

(2)

A person who has assisted, or is assisting, in the conduct of a prescribed study and has been given access, by virtue of an authorization under section 5, to a document shall not be required:

(a)

to produce in a court, or permit a court to have access to, that document, being a document concerning the affairs of another person; or

(b)

to divulge or communicate to a court any information concerning the affairs of another person acquired by him or her by reason of his or her having had, or having, that access.

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