sec.10.3Protection from liability for reports

### sec.10.3 Protection from liability for reports It is lawful for any officer or staff member to express in a report made in good faith in the execution of duty, matters of opinion, judgment or recommendation (of the person making the report or other person) in addition to matters of fact. A report is one made in the execution of duty if the person making the report reasonably believes the person to whom it is made to have the duty or authority to receive the report. Neither the Crown nor any person incurs liability in law on account of a report made in good faith in the execution of duty concerning efficiency, conduct or character of any officer or staff member. A report, such as is referred to in subsection (3) containing matter that is false, or grossly misleading in a material particular is not one made in good faith unless the defendant proves that the person who made the report reasonably believed the report to be true, and could not have discovered by exercise of reasonable diligence, the falsity or misleading nature of the matter. Except as prescribed by subsection (4) , the burden of proving absence of good faith is upon the person who alleges such absence. (sec.10.3-ssec.1) It is lawful for any officer or staff member to express in a report made in good faith in the execution of duty, matters of opinion, judgment or recommendation (of the person making the report or other person) in addition to matters of fact. (sec.10.3-ssec.2) A report is one made in the execution of duty if the person making the report reasonably believes the person to whom it is made to have the duty or authority to receive the report. (sec.10.3-ssec.3) Neither the Crown nor any person incurs liability in law on account of a report made in good faith in the execution of duty concerning efficiency, conduct or character of any officer or staff member. (sec.10.3-ssec.4) A report, such as is referred to in subsection (3) containing matter that is false, or grossly misleading in a material particular is not one made in good faith unless the defendant proves that the person who made the report reasonably believed the report to be true, and could not have discovered by exercise of reasonable diligence, the falsity or misleading nature of the matter. (sec.10.3-ssec.5) Except as prescribed by subsection (4) , the burden of proving absence of good faith is upon the person who alleges such absence.