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SUPERVISED INJECTING PLACE TRIAL ACT 1999 - SECT 11

Exemption of staff and other persons from certain criminal proceedings

    (1)     This section applies to a person who is or has been—

        (a)     a Minister or public employee; or

        (b)     a member of the staff of the facility; or

        (c)     the owner or occupier of the premises where the facility is situated.

    (2)     A proceeding for a criminal offence (including an offence against the Criminal Code, section 717 (Accessory after the fact)) does not lie against a person to whom this section applies in relation to an act—

        (a)     done in good faith by the person in the person's capacity as a person to whom this section applies; and

        (b)     that consists of participating, or being in any other way concerned, in the establishment of the facility or in its operation as a supervised injecting place; and

        (c)     done in accordance with the requirements (if any) prescribed under the regulations.



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