Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies if a person acting in good faith —
(a)
gives information to the CEO or another officer about any aspect of the
wellbeing of a child; or
(ba)
gives information of the kind described in section 33A to the CEO or another
officer; or
(b)
gives information to the CEO or another officer for the purposes of, or in
connection with, an investigation referred to in section 32(1)(d) or 33B(c);
or
(c)
gives information to the CEO or another officer for the purposes of, or in
connection with, a protection application or any other application to the
Court under this Part; or
(d)
gives information to the CEO under section 40(6); or
(e)
makes a report under section 124B(1); or
(f)
notifies the CEO of an allegation in accordance with a requirement to do so
under regulations made under the Child Care Services Act 2007 .
(2) In giving the
information or making the report or notification the person —
(a) does
not incur any civil or criminal liability; and
(b) is
not to be taken to have breached any duty of confidentiality or secrecy
imposed by law; and
(c) is
not to be taken to have breached any professional ethics or standards or any
principles of conduct applicable to the person’s employment or to have
engaged in unprofessional conduct.
(3) The protection
given by subsection (2) also applies to a person who, in good faith —
(a)
performs a duty that the person has under section 124C(4); or
(b)
provides information on the basis of which —
(i)
the information mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (ba),
(b), (c) or (d) is given; or
(ii)
a report is made under section 124B(1); or
(iii)
the CEO is notified as mentioned in subsection (1)(f);
or
(c) is
otherwise concerned in —
(i)
providing the information mentioned in subsection (1)(a),
(ba), (b), (c) or (d) or causing the information to be provided; or
(ii)
making a report under section 124B(1) or causing a report
to be made; or
(iii)
notifying the CEO as mentioned in subsection (1)(f) or
causing the CEO to be so notified.
[Section 129 amended: No. 26 of 2008 s. 6; No. 49
of 2010 s. 74.]