27EProvisions relating to requirements to provide information

27E Provisions relating to requirements to provide information

27E Provisions relating to requirements to provide information

(1) Warning to be given on each occasion A person is not guilty of an offence of failing to comply with a requirement under this Division to provide information 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 a requirement under this Division to provide information on the ground that the information might incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.

(3) Information not admissible in other proceedings However, any information provided by a natural person in compliance with a requirement under this Division is not admissible in evidence against the person in disciplinary, civil or criminal proceedings (except for proceedings under this Act).

(4) Further information Further information obtained as a result of information provided in compliance with a requirement under this Division is not inadmissible on the ground—

(a) that the information had to be provided, or

(b) that the information might incriminate the person.

pt 3, div 4 (ss 27A–27F): Ins 2019 No 12, Sch 1[2].