340BProvisions relating to requirements to furnish records, information or answer questions

#### 340B Provisions relating to requirements to furnish records, information or answer questions 340B Provisions relating to requirements to furnish records, information or answer questions > > (1) A person does not commit an offence or contravene a civil penalty provision of failing to comply with a requirement under this Part to furnish records or information or to answer a question unless the person was warned on that occasion that a failure to comply may be an offence or a contravention of a civil penalty provision. > > > (2) A person is not excused from a requirement under this Part to furnish records or information or to answer a question on the ground that the record, information 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 Part is not admissible in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings or proceedings for a contravention of a civil penalty provision” (except proceedings for an offence or a contravention under this Part) if— > > > > > (a) the person objected at the time to doing so on the ground that it might 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 Part is not inadmissible in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings or proceedings for a contravention of a civil penalty provision on the ground that the record might incriminate the person. > > > (5) Further information obtained as a result of a record or information furnished or of an answer given in compliance with a requirement under this Part is not inadmissible on the ground— > > > > > (a) that the record or information had to be furnished or the answer had to be given, or > > > > > (b) that the record or information furnished or answer given might incriminate the person. > > > (6) This section extends to a requirement under this Part to state a person’s name and address. > > **s 340B:** Ins 2008 No 73, Sch 2 \[2\]. Am 2025 No 70, Sch 3\[98\]–\[102\].