Northern Territory Numbered Acts

INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONER AGAINST CORRUPTION ACT 2017 (NO 23 OF 2017) - SECT 95

    (1)     A person engages in retaliation against another person (the victim ) if the person causes, or threatens to cause, harm to the victim:

    (a)     with the intention of discouraging the victim or a third person from taking protected action; or

    (b)     with the intention of discouraging the victim or a third person from supporting a protected person; or

    (c)     because of protected action taken, or suspected by the person to have been taken, by the victim; or

    (d)     because of action taken, or suspected by the person to have been taken, by the victim to support a protected person.

    (2)     An intention or reason mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (d) is a prohibited reason .

    (3)     It is irrelevant whether or not the victim is a protected person.

    (4)     In this section:

"support" includes assist and encourage.