HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMPLAINTS ACT 2004 - SECT 83

HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMPLAINTS ACT 2004 - SECT 83

83—Protection from civil actions

        (1)         A person is not liable in respect of loss, damage or injury of any kind suffered by another person as a result of any of the following done in good faith:

            (a)         the making of a complaint;

            (b)         the making of a statement, the provision of any information whether by answering a question or otherwise or the provision of any document for the purposes of this Act to the Commissioner, a conciliator or another person authorised to receive the statement, information or document;

            (c)         the making of a report under this Act;

            (d)         the provision of a copy of a report to a person to whom it may be provided under this Act;

            (e)         the doing, or omission, of anything in the performance or exercise of a function or power under this Act.

        (2)         A person who does anything in accordance with this Act, or as required by or under this Act, cannot, by so doing, be held to have breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics, or to have departed from any acceptable form of professional conduct.