Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00134:section:126l
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00134
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 126L
Character Range: 626754–628653

126L  Privilege against exposure to penalty—disqualification under section 126A, 126H, 130D or 130EA

Proceedings
 (1) In the case of any proceeding under, or arising out of, this Act, a person is not entitled to refuse or fail to comply with a requirement:
 (a) to answer a question or give information; or
 (b) to produce books; or
 (c) to do any other act;
on the ground that the answer or information, production of the books, or doing that other act, as the case may be, might tend to make the person liable to a penalty by way of a disqualification under section 126A, 126H or 130D or tend to make a firm or company liable to disqualification under section 130EA.
 (2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the person is a defendant in, or a party to, the proceeding or any other proceeding.

Statutory requirements
 (3) A person is not entitled to refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under this Act:
 (a) to answer a question or give information; or
 (b) to produce books; or
 (c) to do any other act;
on the ground that the answer or information, production of the books, or doing that other act, as the case may be, might tend to make the person liable to a penalty by way of a disqualification under section 126A, 126H or 130D or tend to make a firm or company liable to disqualification under section 130EA.

Admissibility
 (4) Subsections 130B(2), 287(3), 290(2) and 336F(2) do not apply to a proceeding for the imposition of a penalty by way of a disqualification under section 126A, 126H or 130D or a proceeding under section 130EA.

Other provisions
 (5) Subsections (1) and (3) of this section have effect despite anything in:
 (a) section 199; or
 (b) any other provision of this Act; or
 (c) the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024.

Definition
 (6) In this section:
penalty includes forfeiture.

Division 4—Non‑compliance not to invalidate appointment or transaction