Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

COOPERATIVES ACT 2002 (REPEALED) - SECT 406

    (1)     A lawyer acting for an involved person—

        (a)     may attend an examination of the involved person by an investigator; and

        (b)     may, to the extent that the investigator permits, address the investigator and examine the involved person.

    (2)     A person is not excused from answering a question or producing a document when required to do so under this division on the ground that to do so may tend to incriminate the person.

    (3)     However—

        (a)     the answering of the question or the producing of the document (the required act ); or

        (b)     any other information or document obtained as a direct or indirect consequence of the required act;

is not admissible in evidence against the person in a criminal proceeding.

    (4)     Subsection (3) does not apply to a proceeding for an offence against this Act, or any other law, in relation to the falsity or misleading nature of an answer or document.

Note     The Legislation Act

, s 171 deals with the application of client legal privilege.

    (5)     An involved person who attends for examination by an investigator is entitled to be paid the allowances and expenses prescribed by regulation.