New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT 2003 - SECT 40A

40A 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 any other civil proceedings.

(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.