Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189:section:155:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 155 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 2178983–2181610

of any information in pursuance of such a notice is not admissible in evidence against the individual in any criminal proceedings, other than:
 (a) proceedings for an offence against this section; or
 (b) proceedings for an offence against section 137.1, 137.2 or 149.1 of the Criminal Code that relates to this section.
 (7A) This section does not require a person:
 (a) to give information or evidence that would disclose the contents of a document prepared for the purposes of a meeting of the Cabinet of a State or Territory; or
 (b) to produce a document prepared for the purposes of a meeting of the Cabinet of a State or Territory; or
 (c) to give information or evidence, or to produce a document, that would disclose the deliberations of the Cabinet of a State or Territory.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (7A), see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
 (7B) This section does not require a person to produce a document that would disclose information that is the subject of legal professional privilege.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
 (8) Nothing in this section implies that notices may not be served under this section and section 155A in relation to the same conduct.
 (8A) If a person refuses or fails to comply with a notice under this section, a court may, on application by the Commission, make an order directing the person to comply with the notice.
 (9) A reference in this section to a designated communications matter is a reference to the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, conferred on the Commission by or under:
 (a) the Telecommunications Act 1997; or
 (b) the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999; or
 (ba) the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011; or
 (c) Part XIB or XIC of this Act; or
 (d) Division 4B of Part 3.3 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
 (9AAA) A reference in this section to a gas market instrument matter is a reference to the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, conferred on the Commission by or under:
 (a) Part IVBB; or
 (b) regulations made under this Act for the purposes of that Part (including a gas market code); or
 (c) a gas market emergency price order.
 (9AA) A reference in this section to a designated consumer data right matter is a reference to the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, conferred on the Commission by or under:
 (a) Part IVD (other than Division 5); or
 (b) regulations made under