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Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015
122Privilege against exposure to penalty—disqualification under section 120
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#### 122 Privilege against exposure to penalty—disqualification under section 120
Proceedings
(1) In the case of any proceeding under, or arising out of, this Act, a person is not entitled to refuse or fail to comply with a requirement:
(a) to answer a question or give information; or
(b) to produce a document; or
(c) to do any other act;
on the ground that the answer or information, production of the document, or doing that other act, as the case may be, might tend to make the person liable to a penalty by way of a disqualification under section 120.
(2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the person is a defendant in, or a party to, the proceeding or any other proceeding.
Statutory requirements
(3) A person is not entitled to refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under this Act:
(a) to answer a question or give information; or
(b) to produce a document; or
(c) to do any other act;
on the ground that the answer or information, production of the document, or doing that other act, as the case may be, might tend to make the person liable to a penalty by way of a disqualification under section 120.
Admissibility
(4) Subsections 112(6) and 149(2) do not apply to a proceeding for the imposition of a penalty by way of a disqualification under section 120.
> Note: Subsections 112(6) and 149(2) relate to self‑incrimination.
Other provisions
(5) Subsections (1) and (3) of this section have effect despite anything in:
(a) any other provision of this Act; or
(b) the Private Health Insurance Act 2007; or
(c) the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024.