sec.47Protection of person helping ombudsman

### sec.47 Protection of person helping ombudsman A person must not cause, or threaten, attempt or conspire to cause, detriment to another person because, or in the belief that, any person— has made, or may make, a complaint to the ombudsman; or has given, or may give, the ombudsman information or a document or other thing for the purposes of a preliminary inquiry or an investigation. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. An attempt to cause detriment includes an attempt to induce a person to cause detriment. In this section— detriment , to a person, includes dismissal of the person from the person’s employment. s 47 amd 2017 No. 17 s 177 (sec.47-ssec.1) A person must not cause, or threaten, attempt or conspire to cause, detriment to another person because, or in the belief that, any person— has made, or may make, a complaint to the ombudsman; or has given, or may give, the ombudsman information or a document or other thing for the purposes of a preliminary inquiry or an investigation. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.47-ssec.2) An attempt to cause detriment includes an attempt to induce a person to cause detriment. (sec.47-ssec.3) In this section— detriment , to a person, includes dismissal of the person from the person’s employment. - (a) has made, or may make, a complaint to the ombudsman; or - (b) has given, or may give, the ombudsman information or a document or other thing for the purposes of a preliminary inquiry or an investigation.