Protection from liability for complainants and providers

In force

(1)

This section applies if a person, in good faith —

(a)

makes a complaint; or

(b)

provides a document, information or assistance to an investigator in relation to a charitable trust or class of charitable trusts, whether in response to a requirement or voluntarily.

(2)

In making the complaint or providing the document, information or assistance, the person —

(a)

does not incur any civil or criminal liability; and

(b)

is not to be regarded as having breached any duty of confidentiality or secrecy imposed by law; and

(c)

is not to be regarded as having —

(i)

breached any professional ethics or standards or any principles of conduct applicable to the person’s employment; or

(ii)

engaged in unprofessional conduct;

and

(d)

is not liable —

(i)

to any disciplinary action under a written law; or

(ii)

to be dismissed from any office or to have the person’s employment terminated; or

(iii)

to have the person’s services dispensed with or otherwise terminated.

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