Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT 1971 - SECT 23A

23A .         Documents sent to or by Commissioner not admissible

                Any document that is sent to the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner or a member of the Commissioner’s staff or by the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner or a member of the Commissioner’s staff in the course of, or for the purposes of, an investigation under this Act and was prepared specifically for the purposes of the investigation shall be privileged and be not admissible in evidence in any proceedings other than proceedings for perjury or any offence under the Royal Commissions Act 1968 or under this Act alleged to have been committed in any proceedings upon such an investigation.

        [Section 23A inserted by No. 73 of 1976 s. 8; amended by No. 74 of 2003 s. 91(16).]