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CurrentDetrimental action against informant etc., offence
Part 3Protection
14 Detrimental action against informant etc., offence
(1)
A person must not take or threaten to take detrimental action against another because anyone has made, or intends to make, a disclosure of public interest information under this Act.
Penalty: $24 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2)
A person who —
(a)
attempts to commit an offence created by subsection (1); or
(b)
intending that an offence created by subsection (1) be committed, incites another person to commit that offence,
commits an offence.
Penalty: $24 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
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