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Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Governance of financial products - Intervention in debt securities offered under regulated offer or registered schemes - Miscellaneous

214: Protection for persons in respect of disclosure under this subpart or subpart 4

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"Safety for people who share important information"

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If you tell someone something that is a protected disclosure, you cannot be sued or charged with a crime because of it. You also cannot lose your job because of making a protected disclosure. A protected disclosure is when you share information under this part of the law or under subpart 4.

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Part 4Governance of financial products
Intervention in debt securities offered under regulated offer or registered schemes: Miscellaneous

214Protection for persons in respect of disclosure under this subpart or subpart 4

  1. No civil, criminal, or disciplinary proceedings may be brought against a person by reason of the person having made a protected disclosure.

  2. No person may terminate the appointment of a person by reason of the person having made a protected disclosure.

  3. No tribunal, body, or authority that has jurisdiction in respect of the professional conduct of a person may make an order against, or do any act in relation to, the person by reason of the person having made a protected disclosure.

  4. In this Act, protected disclosure means a disclosure of information to which this section applies under this subpart or subpart 4.

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