Freedom of Information Act 1982

PART VIIB - INVESTIGATIONS AND COMPLAINTS  

Division 2 - Information Commissioner investigations  

Subdivision D - Investigation procedure  

SECTION 85   Information Commissioner investigations - protection from liability  

85(1)    
This section applies if a person does any of the following in good faith for the purposes of an investigation:

(a) gives information;

(b) produces a document;

(c) answers a question.

85(2)    
If this section applies, then:

(a) civil proceedings do not lie against a person because the person does any of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c); and

(b) the person is not liable for a penalty under a provision of any law because the person does any of those matters.

85(3)    
This section applies whether or not the person is required to do a thing mentioned in subsection (1) in accordance with this Division.