Queensland Consolidated Acts

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 151ZA

151ZA Immunity from prosecution

(1) A person is not liable to prosecution for a relevant drug offence resulting from any admission made by the person for the purposes of—

(a) preparing a suitability assessment report for the person; or

(b) administering a treatment order for the person.

(2) The admission, and any evidence obtained because of the admission, is not admissible against the person in a prosecution for the relevant drug offence.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not prevent the person from being prosecuted for the relevant drug offence if evidence of the offence, other than the admission made by the person or evidence obtained because of the admission, exists.

(4) In this section—

"relevant drug offence" means the following offences—

(a) an offence mentioned in the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 , section 9 , 9A or 10 ;

(b) an offence that may be dealt with summarily under the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 , section 13 or 14 .