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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.135HImmunity from prosecution
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### sec.135H Immunity from prosecution
A person is not liable to prosecution for an offence resulting from any admission made by the person for the purposes of preparing a suitability assessment report for the person.
The admission, and any evidence obtained because of the admission, is not admissible against the person in a prosecution for the offence.
Subsections (1) and (2) do not prevent the person from being prosecuted for the offence if evidence of the offence, other than the admission made by the person or evidence obtained because of the admission, exists.
A police officer who receives information derived from any admission made by the person for the purposes of preparing the suitability assessment report must not use the information for a proceeding for an offence.
Subsection (4) applies despite section 169L (3) .
s 135H ins 2024 No. 5 s 40
(sec.135H-ssec.1) A person is not liable to prosecution for an offence resulting from any admission made by the person for the purposes of preparing a suitability assessment report for the person.
(sec.135H-ssec.2) The admission, and any evidence obtained because of the admission, is not admissible against the person in a prosecution for the offence.
(sec.135H-ssec.3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not prevent the person from being prosecuted for the offence if evidence of the offence, other than the admission made by the person or evidence obtained because of the admission, exists.
(sec.135H-ssec.4) A police officer who receives information derived from any admission made by the person for the purposes of preparing the suitability assessment report must not use the information for a proceeding for an offence.
(sec.135H-ssec.5) Subsection (4) applies despite section 169L (3) .