24Protection against retribution

24 Protection against retribution

24 Protection against retribution

(1) A person must not take or threaten to take detrimental action in respect of a person because that person (or any other person) makes, or proposes to make, a complaint to an Official Community Visitor.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section if it is proved that—

(a) the complaint was made or proposed in bad faith, or

(b) any material allegation was known by the person making it to be false.

(3) In this section—

complaint includes providing information, documents or evidence to an Official Community Visitor.

s 24: Am 2021 No 16, Sch 2[3].