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Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022
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#### 41 Disclosures of own past conduct
41 Disclosures of own past conduct
> > (1) Section 40 does not protect a person against liability for past conduct of the person that is disclosed by the person while making a public interest disclosure.
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> > (2) However, the Attorney General may, if in the Attorney General’s opinion it is appropriate, give to a person who makes, or proposes to make, a disclosure of the person’s past conduct while making a public interest disclosure an undertaking that the disclosure or the fact of the disclosure will not be used in evidence against the person, other than in proceedings relating to the falsity of the disclosure.
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> > (3) An integrity agency may recommend to the Attorney General a person be given an undertaking.
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> > (4) If the Attorney General gives an undertaking, the disclosure or the fact of the disclosure, as applicable, is not admissible in evidence against the person in civil or criminal proceedings, other than proceedings relating to the falsity of the disclosure.
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> > (5) An undertaking may be given conditionally or unconditionally.
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> Note.
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> Section 9 contains further provisions about the privilege against self-incrimination.