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Inspector-General of Defence Act 2023

Inspector-General’s powers to obtain information and assistance - Additional protections for investigations and investigation participants

41: Evidence provided in investigation not admissible in other proceedings

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"Information given to the Inspector-General can't be used as evidence in most other cases."

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If you give information to the Inspector-General during an investigation, it cannot be used as evidence in certain cases. This includes disciplinary proceedings for an offence against Part 2 of the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971. You are protected, but there are some exceptions, such as if you are accused of perjury as defined in section 108 of the Crimes Act 1961.

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Part 4Inspector-General’s powers to obtain information and assistance
Additional protections for investigations and investigation participants

41Evidence provided in investigation not admissible in other proceedings

  1. Any information, document, or other thing provided to the Inspector-General in the course of an investigation is not admissible as evidence in—

  2. disciplinary proceedings for an offence against Part 2 of the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971:
    1. any other proceedings against a person, except proceedings against the person who provided the information, document, or other thing for—
      1. perjury as defined in section 108 of the Crimes Act 1961; or
        1. an offence against section 45.