Section 236 - Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 - Protection of persons giving evidence to authorised officer | Zoe

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Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018

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236 Protection of persons giving evidence to authorised officer

A person who gives information or evidence, or produces a document or thing, to an authorised officer under this Act has the same protection and immunity as a witness has in a proceeding in the Supreme Court.

Part 15—Information and privacy

Division 1—Disclosure of information and confidentiality

237 Meaning of *protected information*

protected information means information that comes to a person's knowledge in the course of, or because of, the person exercising functions under this Act.