Tow Truck Industry Act 1998
86Provisions relating to requirements under Division
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86 Provisions relating to requirements under Division
86 Provisions relating to requirements under Division
(1) A person is not guilty of an offence of failing to comply with a requirement under this Division to furnish information or records or to answer a question unless the person was warned on that occasion that a failure to comply is an offence.
(2) A person is not excused from a requirement under this Division to furnish information or records or to answer a question on the ground that the information, record or answer might incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.
(3) However, any information furnished or answer given by a natural person in compliance with a requirement under this Division is not admissible in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings (except proceedings for an offence under this Division) if—
(a) the person objected at the time of giving it to doing so on the ground that it might tend to incriminate the person, or
(b) the person was not warned on that occasion that the person may object to furnishing the information or giving the answer on the ground that it might incriminate the person.
(4) Any record furnished by a person in compliance with a requirement under this Division is not inadmissible in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings on the ground that the record might incriminate the person.
(5) Further information obtained as a result of information or a record furnished, or of an answer given, in compliance with a requirement under this Division is not inadmissible on the ground—
(a) that the information or record had to be furnished or the answer had to be given, or
(b) that the information or record furnished or answer given might incriminate the person.
(6) This section does not apply to or in respect of a requirement under this Division to state a person’s name and address.