184Protection from reprisal

184 Protection from reprisal (1) A person must not take serious detrimental action against a person in reprisal for a protected disclosure. (2) A person takes serious detrimental action in reprisal for a protected disclosure if— (a) the person takes or threatens to take the action because— (i) a person has made, or intends to make, a protected disclosure; or (ii) the person believes that a person has made or intends to make the protected disclosure; or (b) the person incites or permits another person to take or threaten to take the action for either of those reasons. (3) In determining whether a person takes serious detrimental action in reprisal, it is irrelevant whether or not a reason referred to in subsection (2) is the only or dominant reason as long as it is a substantial reason. S. 185 inserted by No. 37/2019 s. 15.