320G
In forceUse of notice in legal proceedings
Chapter 7Environmental management
Part 1Environmental duties
Division 2Duty to notify of environmental harm
Subdivision 4Miscellaneous
320G Use of notice in legal proceedings
(1)
A written notice given by a person or employer under this division is not admissible in evidence against the person or employer in a prosecution for an offence against this Act that is constituted by the act or omission that caused the event under the notice.
(2)
This section does not prevent other evidence obtained because of the written notice, or the giving of the written notice, being admitted in any legal proceeding against the person or employer.
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