Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
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allegation includes any matter reported, notified
or referred to the Parliamentary Inspector.
(2) If an allegation
has been made to the Commission, the Public Sector Commissioner or the
Parliamentary Inspector or any information has been given to the Commission,
the Public Sector Commissioner or the Parliamentary Inspector no civil or
criminal liability, other than liability under this Act, attaches to a person
by reason that the allegation was made or the information was given.
(3) If a Minister or
an independent agency discloses, in good faith —
(a) the
fact that the Commission or the Public Sector Commissioner has received or
initiated an allegation or the details of an allegation; or
(b) the
fact that the Parliamentary Inspector has received an allegation or the
details of an allegation received by the Parliamentary Inspector,
no civil or criminal
liability attaches to the State, a Minister or an independent agency by reason
of that disclosure.
(4) If —
(a) the
principal officer of a notifying authority; or
(b) the
officer constituting a notifying authority,
discloses, in good
faith, the fact that the officer has made an allegation to the Commission or
the Public Sector Commissioner or the details of an allegation that the
officer has made to the Commission or the Public Sector Commissioner, no civil
or criminal liability attaches to the State, a Minister, the notifying
authority or the principal officer or officer by reason of that disclosure.
[Section 220, formerly section 54, renumbered as
section 220: No. 78 of 2003 s. 35(1); amended: No. 35 of 2014 s. 28.]