New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 47

47 Protection of complainants and other persons

(1) If a person makes a complaint, and does so in good faith:

(a) the making of the complaint does not constitute a breach of professional etiquette or ethics or a departure from accepted standards of professional conduct, and

(b) no liability for defamation is incurred because of the complaint, and

(c) the making of the complaint does not constitute a ground for civil proceedings for malicious prosecution or for conspiracy.

(2) The protections given to a complainant by this section extend to:

(a) any person who, in good faith, provided the complainant with any information on the basis of which the complaint was made, and

(b) any person who, in good faith, was otherwise concerned in the making of the complaint.

(3) This section does not limit or otherwise affect the operation of section 96 of the Health Care Complaints Act 1993 .