Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Telecommunications (Interception) (State Provisions) Act 1988 - SECT 20

Special Investigations Monitor to be given information and access despite other laws

20. Special Investigations Monitor to be given information and access despite
other laws



(1) Despite any other law, a person is not excused from giving information,
answering a question, or giving access to a document, as and when required by
or under this Part, on the ground that giving the information, answering the
question, or giving access to the document, as the case may be, would
contravene a law, would be contrary to the public interest or might tend to
incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty but-

   (a)  the information, the answer, or the fact that the person has so given
        access to the document, as the case may be; and

   (b)  any information or thing (including a document) obtained as a direct
        consequence of giving the first-mentioned information, answering the
        question or giving access to the first-mentioned document, as the case
        may be-

is not admissible in evidence against the person except in a proceeding by way
of a prosecution for an offence against section 23.

(2) Nothing in any other law prevents a relevant person from-

   (a)  giving information to an inspecting officer (whether orally or in
        writing and whether or not in answer to a question); or

   (b)  giving to an inspecting officer access to a record of a relevant
        agency-

for the purposes of an inspection under this Part.

(3) Nothing in any other law prevents a relevant person from making a record
of information, or causing a record of information to be made, for the
purposes of giving the information to a person as permitted by subsection (2).