Western Australian Current Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 243

243 .         Liability for complying with requirement to provide information, answer question or produce document or thing

                A person must comply with a requirement under section 240 to provide information or answer questions, or to produce any document or thing, despite the provisions of any other written law, and —

            (a)         no civil or criminal liability is incurred as a result of that compliance; and

            (b)         complying with the direction is not to be regarded as —

                  (i)         a breach of any duty of confidentiality or secrecy imposed by law; or

                  (ii)         a breach of professional ethics or standards or any principles of conduct applicable to the person’s employment; or

                  (iii)         unprofessional conduct.