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HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 106F

Protection of Committee members, representatives and witnesses at hearings

  (1)   A Committee member has, in the performance of his or her duties, the same protection and immunity as a Justice of the High Court.

  (2)   A person appearing at a hearing on behalf of another person has the same protection and immunity as a barrister has in appearing for a party in proceedings in the High Court.

  (3)   A person appearing at a hearing as a witness has the same protection, and is, in addition to the penalties provided by this Act, subject to the same liabilities, as a witness in proceedings in the High Court.

  (4)   An action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, does not lie against a person who, without giving evidence at a hearing, gives a document to the Committee in his or her capacity as a consultant to the Committee.



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