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79NDetrimental action—relationship between criminal and civil proceedings
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79N Detrimental action—relationship between criminal and civil proceedings
79N Detrimental action—relationship between criminal and civil proceedings
A person may institute civil proceedings even if—
(a) no prosecution has been brought in relation to the relevant detrimental action, or
(b) the person against whom the civil proceedings are instituted has been acquitted of a detrimental action offence on the same, or substantially the same, facts relied on in the civil proceedings.
s 79N: Ins 2022 No 14, Sch 4[5].