Co-operatives (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2015
522Examination of involved person
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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: