(1) A confidential report is not admissible in evidence in any proceeding in a court or tribunal.
Note For the meaning of confidential report , see s 876.
(2) Evidence of the contents of a confidential report is also not admissible in evidence in any proceeding in a court or tribunal.
(3) No-one may be compelled in any proceeding before a court or tribunal—
(a) to produce a confidential report or a copy of, or extract from, a confidential report; or
(b) to disclose, or give evidence of, the contents of a confidential report.
(4) This section is subject to section 870 and section 871.