597Protection against self-incrimination

597 Protection against self-incrimination (1) A natural person may refuse or fail to give information or do any other thing that the person is required to do by or under this Act, the **Accident Compensation Act 1985** or the **Workers Compensation Act 1958** if giving the information or doing the other thing would tend to incriminate the person. (2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to the production of a document or part of a document that the person is required by this Act, the **Accident Compensation Act 1985** or the **Workers Compensation Act 1958** to produce. (3) If a person is required to produce a document under this section, the document, and evidence obtained as a result of the production of the document, must not be used in proceedings against a person other than— (a) criminal or civil proceedings under this Act, the **Accident Compensation Act 1985** or the **Workers Compensation Act 1958**; or (b) proceedings for an offence against the **Crimes Act 1958** that arises in connection with a claim for compensation under this Act, the **Accident Compensation Act 1985** or the **Workers Compensation Act 1958**.