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ESSENTIAL SERVICES COMMISSION ACT 2001 - SECT 39ZD

Protection against self-incrimination

    (1)     It is a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to give information or do any other thing that the person is required to do by or under this Part, if the giving of the information or the doing of that other thing would tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a penalty.

    (2)     Despite subsection (1), it is not a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to produce a document that the person is required to produce by or under this Part, if the production of the document would tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a penalty.

    (3)     Despite subsection (1), it is not a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to provide information or assistance that a person is required under section 39U to provide, if the provision of the information or assistance would tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a penalty.

S. 39ZE inserted by No. 41/2021 s. 5.



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