Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person shall not engage, or attempt or conspire to engage, in an unlawful reprisal.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if it is established that the accused person—
(a) had just and reasonable grounds for engaging in the conduct, or attempting or conspiring to engage in the conduct, that would, except for this subsection, amount to an unlawful reprisal; and
(b) was engaging, or had engaged, in the conduct, or had conspired or attempted to engage in the conduct, before forming the belief that a person had made or may make a public interest disclosure.