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FARM DEBT MEDIATION ACT 2011 (NO. 42 OF 2011) - SECT 26

Confidentiality of mediation

    (1)     In this section—

"mediation" includes any steps taken in the course of making arrangements for mediation.

    (2)     Evidence of anything said or admitted during mediation and a document prepared for the purposes of, in the course of or in accordance with, mediation are not admissible in any proceedings in a court or before a person or body authorised to hear and receive evidence.

    (3)     This section does not apply to—

        (a)     any contract, deed, mortgage or other instrument entered into as a result of, or in accordance with, any binding agreement entered during mediation; or

        (b)     any report on the mediation by the mediator who conducted it.



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