(3) If a
person, acting honestly on reasonable grounds, gives the information to the
chief executive, the person is not liable, civilly, criminally or under an
administrative process, for giving the information.
(4) Also, merely because
the person gives the information, the person can not be held to have—
(a)
breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics; or
(b) departed from
accepted standards of professional conduct.
(5) Without limiting subsections
(3) and (4) —
(a) in a proceeding for defamation, the person has a defence
of absolute privilege for publishing the information; and
(b) if the person
would otherwise be required to maintain confidentiality about the information
under an Act, oath or rule of law or practice, the person—
(i) does not
contravene the Act , oath or rule of law or practice by giving the
information; and
(ii) is not liable to disciplinary action for giving the
information.
