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Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994
sec.202RReprisal and grounds for reprisal
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### sec.202R Reprisal and grounds for reprisal
A person must not cause, or attempt or conspire to cause, detriment to another person because, or in the belief that, anybody has made, or may make, a disclosure as mentioned in section 202P (1) .
An attempt to cause detriment includes an attempt to induce a person to cause detriment.
A contravention of subsection (1) is a reprisal or the taking of a reprisal.
A ground mentioned in subsection (1) as the ground for a reprisal is the unlawful ground for the reprisal.
For the contravention to happen, it is sufficient if the unlawful ground is a substantial ground for the act or omission that is the reprisal, even if there is another ground for the act or omission.
s 202R ins 2006 No. 21 s 92
(sec.202R-ssec.1) A person must not cause, or attempt or conspire to cause, detriment to another person because, or in the belief that, anybody has made, or may make, a disclosure as mentioned in section 202P (1) .
(sec.202R-ssec.2) An attempt to cause detriment includes an attempt to induce a person to cause detriment.
(sec.202R-ssec.3) A contravention of subsection (1) is a reprisal or the taking of a reprisal.
(sec.202R-ssec.4) A ground mentioned in subsection (1) as the ground for a reprisal is the unlawful ground for the reprisal.
(sec.202R-ssec.5) For the contravention to happen, it is sufficient if the unlawful ground is a substantial ground for the act or omission that is the reprisal, even if there is another ground for the act or omission.