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PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURES ACT 2002 - SECT 89

89. Evidence not admissible

      (1) Information is not admissible as evidence (if given by a party) in legal proceedings if it was obtained or received by the party –

(a) from the Ombudsman or a public body in the course of or as a result of –

(i) a disclosure under Part 2; or

(ii) the investigation of a disclosed matter under this Act; or

(b) from any person who obtained it in that way.

      (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to –

(a) proceedings in relation to an offence against section 19, 54 or 87 of this Act or in relation to section 27 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1995; or

(b) proceedings under section 20 or 21 of this Act.



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