New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN ACT 2019 - SECT 69

69 Evidential immunity for individuals complying with Part

(1) Subsection (2) applies if an individual gives or produces information or a document to the head of the relevant entity, or a person conducting an investigation on behalf of the head of the relevant entity or the Children's Guardian, under this Part.

(2) Evidence of the information or document, and other evidence directly or indirectly derived from the information or document, is not admissible against the individual in a proceeding to the extent it tends to incriminate the individual, or expose the individual to a penalty, in the proceeding.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a proceeding about the false or misleading nature of the information or anything in the document or in which the false or misleading nature of the information or document is relevant evidence.