Queensland Numbered Acts

COURT AND CIVIL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 - SECT 177

177 Amendment of s 47 (Protection of person helping ombudsman)

Section 47(1) and (2)—
omit, insert—

(1) A person must not cause, or threaten, attempt or conspire to cause, detriment to another person because, or in the belief that, any person—

(a) has made, or may make, a complaint to the ombudsman; or

(b) has given, or may give, the ombudsman information or a document or other thing for the purposes of a preliminary inquiry or an investigation.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(2) An attempt to cause detriment includes an attempt to induce a person to cause detriment.