39Protection from liability for voluntary or mandatory information

### 39 Protection from liability for voluntary or mandatory information > A person who (whether voluntarily or as required by [section 38](#GS38@EN) ) informs a police officer that he or she believes, reasonably suspects or knows that family violence involving the use of a weapon, sexual violence or physical violence, or where a child is affected, has occurred or is likely to occur, or who provides any further information to a police officer in respect of such belief, suspicion or knowledge – > > > > (a) cannot, by virtue of doing so, be held to have breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics, or to have departed from any accepted form of professional conduct; and > > > > > (b) insofar as he or she has acted in good faith, incurs no civil or criminal liability in respect of – > > > > > > > > (i) so informing a police officer; or > > > > > > > > > (ii) the provision of further information.