Reprisal and grounds for reprisal
247A Reprisal and grounds for reprisal
A person must not cause, or attempt or conspire to cause, detriment to another person because, or in the belief that, the other person or someone else has disclosed or intends to disclose information under section 247(1).
An attempt to cause detriment includes an attempt to induce a person to cause detriment.
A contravention of subsection (1) is a reprisal or the taking of a reprisal.
A ground mentioned in subsection (1) as the ground for a reprisal is the unlawful ground for the reprisal.
For the contravention mentioned in subsection (3) to happen, it is sufficient if the unlawful ground is a substantial ground for the act or omission that is the reprisal, even if there is another ground for the act or omission.
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