New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 29AB

29AB Protection against retribution

(1) A person must not take, or threaten to take, detrimental action in respect of a person acting in good faith, who makes, or proposes to make, a report under this Part.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) For subsection (1), a report is not made in good faith if--

(a) the report was made or proposed in bad faith, or

(b) a material allegation was known by the person giving the report to be false.

(3) In this section--

"detrimental action" means action causing, comprising or involving any of the following--

(a) injury, damage or loss,

(b) intimidation or harassment,

(c) discrimination, disadvantage or adverse treatment in relation to employment,

(d) dismissal from, or prejudice in, employment,

(e) prejudice in the provision of a service,

(f) disciplinary proceedings.