PROTECTED DISCLOSURE ACT 2012 (NO. 85 OF 2012) - SECT 111 Restrictions on compelling production or disclosure

PROTECTED DISCLOSURE ACT 2012 (NO. 85 OF 2012) - SECT 111

For section 28D(1) of the Victorian Inspectorate Act 2011 substitute —

    "(1)     A person who is, or was, a Victorian Inspectorate Officer cannot be required or be compelled in a court to—

        (a)     produce any document or other thing that has come into his or her possession or control in the performance of the duties and functions or the exercise of powers of the person or the Victorian Inspectorate under this Act or the Protected Disclosure Act 2012 ; or

        (b)     disclose any matter or thing of which the person has knowledge as a result of the performance of the duties and functions or the exercise of powers of the person or the Victorian Inspectorate under this Act or the Protected Disclosure Act 2012 —

except—

        (c)     for the purposes of proceedings for an offence or a disciplinary process or action brought as a result of an investigation conducted by the Victorian Inspectorate; or

        (d)     for the purposes of proceedings for an offence against this Act or the Protected Disclosure Act 2012 .".