Royal Commissions Amendment (Protection of Information) Act 2021 (103 of 2021)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 1   Main amendments

Royal Commissions Act 1902

5A   After section 6OE(1)

Insert:

(1A) The following are also not admissible in evidence against a natural person in any civil or criminal proceedings in any court of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory:

(a) a statement or disclosure made on behalf of the person at a private session;

(b) the production of a document or other thing on behalf of the person at a private session;

(c) a statement or disclosure made on behalf of the person to a member, or member of the staff, of a Royal Commission for the purposes of a private session (whether or not a private session was, or is to be, held for the Commission).


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