258BProvisions relating to requirements to provide information or answer questions

#### 258B Provisions relating to requirements to provide information or answer questions 258B Provisions relating to requirements to provide information or answer questions > > (1) Warning to be given on each occasion A person is not guilty of an offence of failing to comply with an information requirement unless the person was warned on that occasion that a failure to comply is an offence. > > > (2) Self-incrimination not an excuse A person is not excused from an information requirement on the ground that the record, information or answer might incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty. > > > (3) Information or answer not admissible if objection made However, any information furnished or answer given by a natural person in compliance with an information requirement is not admissible in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings (except proceedings for an offence under section 258A or 288D) if— > > > > > (a) the person objected at the time to doing so on the ground that it might incriminate the person, or > > > > > (b) the person was not warned on that occasion that the person may object to furnishing the information or giving the answer on the ground that it might incriminate the person. > > > (4) Records admissible Any record furnished by a person in compliance with an information requirement is not inadmissible in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings on the ground that the record might incriminate the person. > > > (5) Further information Further information obtained as a result of a record or information furnished or of an answer given in compliance with an information requirement is not inadmissible on the ground— > > > > > (a) that the record or information had to be furnished or the answer had to be given, or > > > > > (b) that the record or information furnished or answer given might incriminate the person. > > > (6) For the purposes of this section, an information requirement is a requirement made by a fisheries officer under section 258A. > > **s 258B:** Ins 2009 No 114, Sch 1 \[130\]. Am 2012 No 89, Sch 2 \[6\] \[7\]; 2015 No 59, Sch 1 \[130\].