Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 156

156 Use of particular evidence in proceedings

(1) Subsection (2) applies in relation to any answer given by an individual in response to a requirement under section 136 (3) (g) or 154 (1) .

(2) Neither the answer nor any information, document or other thing obtained as a direct or indirect result of the answer is admissible in any proceeding against the individual, other than a proceeding in which the falsity or misleading nature of the answer is relevant.

(3) If a document, produced under a document production requirement, is the personal property of an individual of whom the requirement is made and the document might incriminate the individual or make the individual liable to a penalty—

(a) the document is admissible in a proceeding against the individual for an offence under this Act; but

(b) neither the document nor anything obtained as a direct or indirect result of the individual producing the document is admissible in any other proceeding against the individual for an offence.