Section 15GA — Crimes Act 1914: Relationship to other laws and matters

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 15HZ, this Part is not intended to limit a discretion that a court has: (a) to admit or exclude evidence in any proceedings; or (b) to stay criminal proceedings in the interests of justice. (2) In determining whether evidence should be admitted or excluded in any proceedings, the fact that the evidence was obtained as a result of a person engaging in criminal activity is to be disregarded if: (a) both: (i) the person was a participant in a controlled operation authorised under this Part acting in the course of the controlled operation; and (ii) the criminal activity was controlled conduct; or (b) both: (i) the person was a participant in an operation authorised under a corresponding State controlled operations law acting in the course of that operation; and (ii) the criminal activity was conduct constituting an offence for which a person would, but for section 15HH, be criminally responsible.