Protection from reprisals for persons making notifications or otherwise providing information, documents or assistance
237A Protection from reprisals for persons making notifications or otherwise providing information, documents or assistance
A person must not—
use threats or intimidation to attempt to persuade another person not to take protected action; or
dismiss, or refuse to employ, another person because, or in the belief that, the other person has taken, or intends to take, protected action; or
subject another person to other detriment or reprisal because, or in the belief that, the other person has taken, or intends to take, protected action.
Maximum penalty:
in the case of an individual—$60 000;
in the case of a body corporate—$120 000.
In this section—
protected action means—
making a notification, in good faith, under this Law; or
giving information, documents or other assistance in the course of an investigation or for another purpose under this Law to a person exercising functions under this Law.
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