Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1)
Subsection (2) applies to the following —
(a) the
Board, any member of the Board, the registrar or any officer or delegate of
the Board or the registrar;
(b) any
committee or any member of a committee or person referred to in
section 17(5);
(c) any
board or authority outside the State charged with regulating the registration
and supervision of medical practitioners or any officer or agent of or person
engaged or employed by the board or authority;
(d) any
journalist for, the proprietor or any person concerned in the publication or
operation of, any newspaper or periodical or of any electronic medium.
(2) Without limiting
the operation of section 150, no action, claim or demand lies against a
person to whom this subsection applies in respect of the communication or
publication in good faith of any finding, reason or decision of the Board, the
complaints assessment committee, the professional standards committee, the
impairment review committee or the State Administrative Tribunal.
(3) The Board may give
notice of a finding, reason or decision of the Board, the complaints
assessment committee, the professional standards committee, the impairment
review committee or the State Administrative Tribunal in respect of a person
to —
(a) any
person referred to in subsection (1)(c) or (d); and
(b) any
body that has granted the person a qualification that is entered in the
register; and
(c) any
relevant professional association or trade union of which the person is a
member; and
(d) any
person who has engaged or employed the person to practise medicine or provide
medical services or any person with whom the person practises medicine in
partnership; and
(e) any
other person who, in the opinion of the Board, should be made aware of the
finding, reason or decision,
and may publish notice
of the finding, reason or decision in the Gazette or in such other manner as
the Board thinks fit.