sec.851APublic statements by chief executive

### sec.851A Public statements by chief executive The chief executive may make or issue a public statement identifying, and giving information about, the following matters— the commission of offences against this Act and the persons who commit the offences; investigations conducted under this Act; action taken by authorised officers to enforce this Act. The statement may identify particular offences and persons. The chief executive must not issue a public statement under this section unless the chief executive is satisfied it is in the public interest to do so. No liability is incurred by the State for anything done in good faith for the purpose of issuing a public statement under this section. No liability is incurred by a person for publishing, in good faith, information that has been included in a public statement under this section. In this section— liability includes liability in defamation. s 851A ins 2011 No. 2 s 119 amd 2019 No. 7 s 271 ; 2020 No. 10 s 128 sub 2024 No. 34 s 261 (sec.851A-ssec.1) The chief executive may make or issue a public statement identifying, and giving information about, the following matters— the commission of offences against this Act and the persons who commit the offences; investigations conducted under this Act; action taken by authorised officers to enforce this Act. (sec.851A-ssec.2) The statement may identify particular offences and persons. (sec.851A-ssec.3) The chief executive must not issue a public statement under this section unless the chief executive is satisfied it is in the public interest to do so. (sec.851A-ssec.4) No liability is incurred by the State for anything done in good faith for the purpose of issuing a public statement under this section. (sec.851A-ssec.5) No liability is incurred by a person for publishing, in good faith, information that has been included in a public statement under this section. (sec.851A-ssec.6) In this section— liability includes liability in defamation. - (a) the commission of offences against this Act and the persons who commit the offences; - (b) investigations conducted under this Act; - (c) action taken by authorised officers to enforce this Act.