Health and Community Services Complaints Act 1998
96Protection from civil actions
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96 Protection from civil actions (1) A person is not liable in respect of any loss, damage or injury of any kind suffered by another person as a result of any of the following done in good faith: (a) making a complaint; (b) making a statement, providing any information, whether by answering a question or otherwise, or producing any document for the purposes of this Act; (c) making a report under this Act; (d) providing a copy of a report to a person under this Act; (e) doing, or omitting to do, anything in the exercise of a power or the performance of a function under this Act. (2) The onus of proof of a lack of good faith is on the person alleging it.
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