29ABProtection against retribution

29AB Protection against retribution

29AB Protection against retribution

(1) A person must not take, or threaten to take, detrimental action in respect of a person acting in good faith, who makes, or proposes to make, a report under this Part.

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

(2) For subsection (1), a report is not made in good faith if—

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

(b) a material allegation was known by the person giving the report to be false.

(3) In this section—

detrimental action means action causing, comprising or involving any of the following—

(a) injury, damage or loss,

(b) intimidation or harassment,

(c) discrimination, disadvantage or adverse treatment in relation to employment,

(d) dismissal from, or prejudice in, employment,

(e) prejudice in the provision of a service,

(f) disciplinary proceedings.

s 29AB: Ins 2019 No 25, Sch 5.8[10].