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Thursday, 24 November 2011
Page: 9573

Senator ABETZ ( Tasmania — Leader of the Opposition in the Senate ) ( 17:55 ): by leave, I move opposition amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 7158 together:

(1)   Heading to clause 172, page 123 (line 30), omit the heading, substitute:

172 Protection against self-incrimination

(2)   Clause 172, page 123 (line 31) to page 124 (line 3), omit subclause (1), substitute:

   (1)   A natural person may refuse or fail to give information or to do any other thing that the person is required to do by or under this Act or the regulations if giving the information or doing the other thing would tend to incriminate the person.

They follow on from the discussion we have had.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: The question now is that clause 172 stand as printed.

Question agreed to.