522Examination of involved person

522 Examination of involved person

(1) An Australian legal practitioner acting for an involved person:

(a) may attend an examination of the involved person by an investigator; and

(b) may, to the extent the investigator permits, address the investigator and examine the involved person.

(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.

(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:

(a) proceedings under section 524 for giving a false or misleading answer to the question; or

(b) proceedings on a charge of perjury in relation to the answer.

(4) An involved person who attends for examination by an investigator is entitled to be paid the allowance and the expenses: