Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008
sec.128Reprisal and grounds for reprisal
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sec.128 Reprisal and grounds for reprisal
A person must not cause, or attempt or conspire to cause, detriment to another person because, or in the belief that— an agency notice has been given to the commission; or the other person or someone else has helped or may help the commission. Also, a person must not cause, or attempt or conspire to cause, detriment to a member of a community justice group or a relevant community group for a welfare reform community area because the group did not nominate the person or someone else as a local commissioner for the area. An attempt to cause detriment includes an attempt to induce a person to cause detriment. A contravention of subsection (1) or (2) is a reprisal or the taking of a reprisal. A ground mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) as the ground for a reprisal is the unlawful ground for the reprisal. For the contravention mentioned in subsection (4) to happen, it is sufficient if the unlawful ground is a substantial ground for the act or omission that is the reprisal, even if there is another ground for the act or omission. (sec.128-ssec.1) A person must not cause, or attempt or conspire to cause, detriment to another person because, or in the belief that— an agency notice has been given to the commission; or the other person or someone else has helped or may help the commission. (sec.128-ssec.2) Also, a person must not cause, or attempt or conspire to cause, detriment to a member of a community justice group or a relevant community group for a welfare reform community area because the group did not nominate the person or someone else as a local commissioner for the area. (sec.128-ssec.3) An attempt to cause detriment includes an attempt to induce a person to cause detriment. (sec.128-ssec.4) A contravention of subsection (1) or (2) is a reprisal or the taking of a reprisal. (sec.128-ssec.5) A ground mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) as the ground for a reprisal is the unlawful ground for the reprisal. (sec.128-ssec.6) For the contravention mentioned in subsection (4) to happen, it is sufficient if the unlawful ground is a substantial ground for the act or omission that is the reprisal, even if there is another ground for the act or omission.
- (a) an agency notice has been given to the commission; or
- (b) the other person or someone else has helped or may help the commission.