400PEvidence given in civil penalty proceedings not admissible in criminal proceedings

400P Evidence given in civil penalty proceedings not admissible in criminal proceedings

400P Evidence given in civil penalty proceedings not admissible in criminal proceedings

(1) Evidence of information given, or evidence of production of documents, by an individual is not admissible in criminal proceedings against the individual if—

(a) the individual previously gave the information or produced the documents in civil penalty proceedings against the individual for a contravention of a civil penalty provision, whether or not a civil penalty order was made, and

(b) the criminal proceedings are for a corresponding offence.

(2) This section does not apply to criminal proceedings in relation to the falsity of the evidence given by the individual in civil penalty proceedings.

s 400P: Ins 2025 No 42, Sch 1[28].