41ADisclosures made in good faith

41A Disclosures made in good faith

(1) A disclosure of information or documents made under this Part, or in compliance with a notice to produce or a notice to comply, in good faith—

(a) does not for any purpose constitute unprofessional conduct or a breach of professional ethics on the part of the person who made the disclosure; and

(b) does not make the person who made the disclosure subject to any liability in respect of the disclosure; and

(c) without limiting paragraphs (a) and (b), does not constitute a contravention of—

(i) section 141 of the Health Services Act 1988; or

S. 41A(1)(c)(ii) amended by No. 39/2022 s. 785.

(ii) section 730 of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022.

S. 41A(2) inserted by No. 23/2021 s. 42(2).

(2) Despite anything to the contrary in this or another Act (other than the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities), a disclosure of information or documents that relate to the Child Safe Standards to a sector regulator or an integrated sector regulator made in good faith by any person—

(a) does not for any purpose constitute unprofessional conduct or a breach of professional ethics on the part of the person who made the disclosure; and

(b) does not make the person who made the disclosure subject to any liability in respect of the disclosure.

S. 41B inserted by No. 63/2016 s. 8, substituted by No. 23/2021 s. 43 (as amended by No. 32/2022 s. 61).