Protection from liability – taking protected action
99 Protection from liability – taking protected action
A protected person:
(a) incurs no civil or criminal liability by taking protected action; and
(b) does not become liable to disciplinary action, or other adverse administrative action, for taking protected action.
(2) In an action for defamation, protected action is absolutely privileged.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply even if the protected action is taken in breach of an obligation of confidentiality.
(4) Despite anything to the contrary in this Part, when a person takes protected action, the person's liability for the person's own conduct (other than conduct consisting of taking the protected action) is not affected.
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