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WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 (NO. 67 OF 2013) - SECT 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 .



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