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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
266Evidence given in proceedings for contravention of WHS
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266 Evidence given in proceedings for contravention of WHS
civil penalty provision not admissible in criminal
proceedings
(1) Evidence of information given, or evidence of production of
documents, by an individual is not admissible in a criminal
proceeding against the individual if—
(a) the individual previously gave the information or produced the
documents in a proceeding against the individual for a
contravention of a WHS civil penalty provision (whether or not
the order was made); and
(b) the conduct alleged to constitute the offence is substantially the
same as the conduct alleged to constitute the contravention of
the WHS civil penalty provision.
(2) However, this does not apply to a criminal proceeding in relation to
the falsity of the evidence given by the individual in the proceeding
for the contravention of the WHS civil penalty provision.