Section 249 — Competition and Consumer Act 2010: Privilege against exposure to penalty or forfeiture—disqualification from managing corporations

(1) In a civil or criminal proceeding under, or arising out of, this Schedule, 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 a document or any other thing; or (c) to do any other act; on the ground that the answer or information, production of the document or other thing, or doing that other act, as the case may be, might tend to expose the person to a penalty (including forfeiture) by way of an order under section 248. (2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the person is a defendant in the proceeding or in any other proceeding. (3) A person is not entitled to refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under this Schedule: (a) to answer a question or give information; or (b) to produce a document or any other thing; or (c) to do any other act; on the ground that the answer or information, production of the document or other thing, or doing that other act, as the case may be, might tend to expose the person to a penalty (including forfeiture) by way of an order under section 248.