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EVIDENCE AMENDMENT (JOURNALIST PRIVILEGE) ACT 2012 (NO. 52 OF 2012) - SECT 20

See:
Act No.
79/2004.
Reprint No. 2
as at
2 April 2009
and amending
Act Nos
3/2009, 69/2009, 87/2009, 67/2011, 72/2011 and 13/2012.
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    (1)     For the heading to section 63 of the Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 substitute —

" Application of privileges and provision of information, documents ".

    (2)     After section 63(2) of the Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 insert —

    "(2A)     A person is not, in relation to a requirement by the Special Investigations Monitor to answer a question, provide information or produce a document or other thing, entitled to the privilege provided for in Division 1C of Part 3.10 of the Evidence Act 2008 .".

    (3)     In section 63(3) of the Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 , for "subsections (1) and (2)" substitute
"subsections (1), (2) and (2A)".

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PART 7—AMENDMENTS TO THE OMBUDSMAN ACT 1973