Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002

Admissibility of certain evidence.

19.—A statement or admission made by a person—

(a) before the Board or the Review Committee, or

(b) in a document prepared for the Board or the Review Committee for the purposes of assessing an application that is—

(i) sent by a person to the Board or the Review Committee,

(ii) sent to a member of the Board or the Review Committee,

(iii) sent to a member of the staff of the Board or the Review Committee, or

(iv) sent to an adviser appointed under section 11 ,

shall not be admissible as evidence against that person, or against any other person who may be liable for the acts or omissions of that person, in any criminal proceedings or in any civil proceedings in a court or other tribunal.