New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT APPEAL BOARDS ACT 1980 - SECT 30

30 Supply of copies of statements and other things to appellant

(1) Where an officer of an Authority has lodged an appeal against punishment imposed, the officer shall, on application, be entitled to be supplied by the Authority without cost to the officer with copies of all statements or reports which have been submitted to the Authority in connection with the incident or incidents which formed the basis for the punishment against which the officer is appealing.

(2) Any copies referred to in subsection (1) shall, where practicable, be supplied to the appellant at least 3 days before the hearing of his or her appeal.

(3) No proceedings, civil or criminal, shall lie or be allowed against an Authority, or against the person who has made any statement or report a copy of which is supplied in accordance with this section, for or in relation to any matter contained in the statement or report which is, or is alleged to be, defamatory.