Food Act 2004
125Disclosure by witnesses
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125 Disclosure by witnesses (1) In proceedings for an offence against this Act or the Regulations, a witness for the prosecution is not compelled to disclose the fact that the witness received information, the nature of the information received by the witness or the name of the person from whom the witness received the information. (2) An authorised officer appearing as a witness in proceedings for an offence against this Act or the Regulations is not compelled to produce a document containing confidential matter made or received in his or her capacity as an authorised officer. (3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), if a court hearing proceedings referred to in subsection (1) or (2) considers that it is just to do so, the court may order the disclosure of information or the production of a document referred to in that subsection.