Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT 1971 - SECT 30A

30A .         Protection of complainants etc.

        (1)         A person is not liable to any civil proceedings in respect of —

            (a)         making a complaint under this Act; or

            (b)         providing information in the course of, or for the purpose of, an investigation under this Act; or

            (c)         providing information about the death of a child for the purposes of Part III Division 3A.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply if the complaint was made, or the information was provided, in bad faith.

        (3)         No civil proceedings shall be brought against a person in respect of an act referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) without the leave of the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court shall not give leave unless it is satisfied that there is substantial ground for the contention that the person to be proceeded against has acted in bad faith.

        [Section 30A inserted by No. 78 of 1996 s. 17; amended by No. 10 of 2009 s. 9.]