Poisons Act 1971
59FProtection from liability for information
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59F Protection from liability for information
[Section 59F Amended by No. 15 of 2017, s. 29, Applied:13 Jun 2017] [Section 59F Inserted by No. 29 of 2009, s. 8, Applied:01 Sep 2009] A medical practitioner, dentist, authorised health professional or authorised nurse practitioner who notifies the Secretary under section 59B(1) or makes an application to the Secretary under section 59E –
(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 notifying or applying to the Secretary; or
(ii) the provision of further information.