Western Australian Current Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 182ZM

182ZM .         Statement made to conciliation officer not admissible in subsequent proceedings

        (1)         In this section —

        subsequent proceeding means a proceeding before an arbitrator or an action brought by the worker for damages independently of this Act.

        (2)         Evidence of a statement made to the conciliation officer or in a conciliation conference is not admissible in a subsequent proceeding unless the person who made the statement agrees to the evidence being admitted.

        (3)         The conciliation officer is not to be called as a witness in a subsequent proceeding.

        [Section 182ZM inserted: No. 31 of 2011 s. 6.]