Western Australian Current Acts

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT 1983 - SECT 18AA

18AA .         Complainant identity protected

        (1)         In this section —

        complainant means —

            (a)         a person who makes a complaint to the Commissioner about a matter that affects the commercial activities of small business; or

            (b)         a person who discloses information to the Commissioner that, whether alone or with other information, results in the Commissioner commencing an investigation under section 14A(1)(b) or (ea).

        (2)         Despite any other provision in this Act, the Commissioner is not required to, and may refuse to, disclose information that might —

            (a)         identify or tend to identify a person as a complainant; or

            (b)         enable the identity of a complainant to be ascertained.

        [Section 18AA inserted: No. 12 of 2020 s. 12.]