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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 182Y

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 182Y

182Y .         Privilege against self-incrimination

        (1)         A person is not excused from complying with a requirement under this Division to answer a question or produce a document on the ground that the answer or the production of the document might incriminate the person or render the person liable to a penalty.

        (2)         However neither —

            (a)         an answer given by that person that was given to comply with the requirement; nor

            (b)         the fact that a document produced by the person to comply with the requirement was produced,

                is admissible in evidence in any criminal proceedings against the person other than proceedings for perjury or for an offence against this Act arising out of the false or misleading nature of an answer.

        [Section 182Y inserted: No. 31 of 2011 s. 6.]