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18ZS Immunity from prosecution for certain offences

(1)A person is not liable to prosecution for any offence comprising the unlawful possession or use of drugs of addiction—
(a)as a result of any admission made in connection with any assessment of the eligibility of the person for the making of a drug and alcohol treatment order; or
S. 18ZS(1)(a) amended by No. 43/2020 s. 31(1).
(b)as a result of any admission made in connection with the assessment by the Drug Court, or at a case conference convened under section 18ZI(1) by the judicial officer constituting the Drug Court, of the person's progress under a drug and alcohol treatment order.
S. 18ZS(1)(b) amended by No. 43/2020 s. 31(1)(2).
(2)Subsection (1) does not prevent a prosecution for any offence comprising the unlawful possession or use of drugs of addiction if there is evidence, other than the admission or evidence obtained as a result of the admission, to support a charge.
(3)The admission, and any evidence obtained as a result of the admission, is not admissible against the person in a prosecution referred to in subsection (2).
(4)In this section—
S. 18ZS(4) inserted by No. 43/2020 s. 31(3).
judicial officer means—
(a)for the Drug Court Division of the Magistrates' Court, a magistrate; or
(b)for the Drug Court Division of the County Court, a judicial registrar, an associate judge or a judge of the County Court.