35Protections for provision of information

35 Protections for provision of information

(1)  This section applies if a person provides information to a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism or the Subcommittee –

(a) as requested or required by the Tasmanian national preventive mechanism or the Subcommittee, respectively, under this Act; or

(b) of their own volition for the purposes of this Act.

(2)  In so far as the information referred to in subsection (1) is provided in good faith, whether the information is true or false, the person –

(a) does not incur any civil or criminal liability; and

(b) cannot be held to have breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics, or to have departed from any accepted standard of professional conduct; and

(c) cannot be held to have contravened any Act –

in respect of the provision of that information.

(3)  For the avoidance of doubt, this section applies to information obtained in accordance with the following Acts:

(a) Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 ;

(b) Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2016 ;

(c) Custodial Inspector Act 2016 ;

(d) Health Complaints Act 1995 ;

(e) Ombudsman Act 1978 .