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71 Protection of legal practitioners and witnesses

(1) An Australian legal practitioner representing a person at an examination has the same protection and immunity as a legal practitioner has in representing a party in a proceeding in the Supreme Court.

(2) Subject to sections 68 and 70, a person appearing as a witness at an examination has the same protection and immunity as a witness has in a proceeding in the Supreme Court.

Pt 6 Div. 4 (Heading and ss 72–77) inserted by No. 19/2012 s. 12.

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