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Environment Protection Act 2019
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229 Incriminating information
(1) A person is required to notify a notifiable incident under this
Subdivision even if to do so might incriminate the person or make
the person liable to a penalty.
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(2) Any information that is given by a person in a notice under this
Subdivision is not admissible in evidence against the person for an
offence or for the imposition of a penalty.
(3) Subsection (2) does not prevent the use of information given by a
person in a notice under this Subdivision to locate or identify further
evidence that may be used in evidence against the person in a
proceeding for an offence or the imposition of a penalty.
(4) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to:
(a) an offence relating to the provision of false or misleading
information; or
(b) an offence against section 228.