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Co-operatives (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012
522Examination of involved person
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#### 522 Examination of involved person
522 Examination of involved person
> > (1) An Australian legal practitioner acting for an involved person—
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> > > (a) may attend an examination of the involved person by an investigator; and
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> > > (b) may, to the extent the investigator permits, address the investigator and examine the involved person.
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> > (2) An involved person is not excused from answering a question asked by the investigator even if seeking to be excused on the ground of possible self-incrimination.
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> > (3) If an involved person answers a question of an investigator after having claimed possible self-incrimination by doing so, neither the question nor the answer is admissible in evidence in criminal proceedings other than—
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> > > (a) proceedings under section 524 for giving a false or misleading answer to the question; or
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> > > (b) proceedings on a charge of perjury in relation to the answer.
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> > (4) An involved person who attends for examination by an investigator is entitled to be paid the allowance and the expenses—
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> > > (a) prescribed by the National Regulations, except to the extent paragraph (b) applies; or
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> > > (b) prescribed by the local regulations.