Victorian Numbered Acts

COURTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (JUDICIAL RESOLUTION CONFERENCE) ACT 2009 (NO. 50 OF 2009) - SECT 18

After section 527 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 insert —

        " 527A     Judicial resolution conference

    (1)     If, in any proceeding in the Family Division of the Court, the court orders or directs that a judicial resolution conference be conducted, no evidence is admissible at the hearing of any proceeding in that Division of anything said or done by any person in the course of the conduct of the judicial resolution conference unless the court otherwise orders, having regard to the interests of justice and fairness.

    (2)     Without limiting section 16 of the Evidence Act 2008 , the President or a magistrate is not compellable to give evidence in any proceeding, whether civil or criminal, of anything said or done or arising from the conduct of the judicial resolution conference.

        527B     Protection of conduct of judicial resolution conference

Without limiting any other law, whether written or unwritten, the President or a magistrate performing duties in connection with any judicial resolution conference has the same protection and immunity as a Judge of the Supreme Court has in the performance of his or her duties as a Judge.".