Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00017:clause:9_110zhg
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00017
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 9 cl 110ZHG
Character Range: 524176–525133

110ZHG  Dismissal etc. of witness
 (1) A person commits an offence if the person:
 (a) dismisses an employee from employment or a defence member from the Defence Force; or
 (b) prejudices an employee in the employee's employment by the person or disciplines a defence member in their capacity as a defence member;
for or on account of the employee or the defence member having:
 (c) appeared as a witness before the Commissioner; or
 (d) given evidence before the Commissioner; or
 (e) given information or a statement, or produced a document or thing, in accordance with section 110ZGC.
Penalty: 10 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the employee or defence member was dismissed, prejudiced or disciplined for some reason other than the reasons mentioned in subsection (1).
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.