Disclosers protected

Current

A disclosure of information made under section 81 or 83 in good faith—

(a)

does not for any purpose constitute unprofessional conduct or a breach of professional ethics on the part of the person by whom it is made; and

(b)

does not make the person by whom it is made subject to any liability in respect of it; and

(c)

without limiting paragraphs (a) and (b), does not constitute a contravention of—

(i)

section 141 of the Health Services Act 1988; or

(ii)

section 730 of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022; or

(iii)

Part 6A of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005; or

(iv)

Part 5A of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008.

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