Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · General Provisions Relating to Adjudication
33. Confidentiality of adjudication
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any statement or document created or made for the purposes of an adjudication;
any information (whether written or oral) that, for the purposes of an adjudication, is disclosed in the course of the adjudication.
No party to a dispute or adjudicator may disclose to any other person (not being the principal or the owner concerned) any information to which this section applies, except —
adjudicator
“adjudicator” means a person appointed under this Act to determine a payment claim dispute that has been referred for adjudication, and includes —(a)a replacement adjudicator appointed under section 14A(3);(b)a review adjudicator or a panel of review adjudicators appointed under section 18(5)(b); and(c)a replacement review adjudicator or a replacement member of a panel of review adjudicators appointed under section 18A(3);
with the consent of the party to whom the information relates;
to the extent that the information is already in the public domain;
to the extent that the disclosure is necessary for the purposes of, or in connection with, the adjudication, the enforcement of the adjudicator’s determination, or any proceeding before a court or tribunal or any other dispute resolution proceeding;
to the extent that the disclosure is required for any purpose under this Act; or
if the information will not be published in a form that could reasonably be expected to identify any particular person.