Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 No 156
Current version for 11 January 2013 to date (accessed 18 May 2013 at 22:51)

153   Incriminating information

(1)  A person is required to notify a pollution incident under this Part even though to do so might incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.
(2)  Any notification given by a person under this Part is not admissible in evidence against the person for an offence or for the imposition of a penalty.
(3)  Subsection (2) does not apply to evidence obtained following or as a result of the notification.
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