Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024
40Protection of persons making reports
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40 Protection of persons making reports
(1) The identity of a person who makes a report to the Commissioner in good faith, or information from which the identity of that person could be deduced, must not be disclosed by any person or body unless the disclosure is –
(a) made with the consent of the person who made the report; or
(b) necessary for the purposes of law enforcement; or
(c) otherwise permitted under this or any other Act; or
(d) necessary for any other purpose prescribed by the regulations.
(2) If a person, acting in good faith, makes a report to the Commissioner in accordance with this Act, that person is not liable to any civil or criminal action, or any disciplinary action, for making the report.