Online Safety— of 2018 7 (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Commission may regulate its own procedures. Disclosure of interest 10.—(1) The Commissioner, any staff of the Commission and any agent, consultant or person engaged by the Commission having any interest in any matter under discussion or investigation by the Commission must disclose to the Commission the fact and nature of his or her interest as soon as practicable once he or she becomes aware of such interest. (2) The Commissioner, any staff of the Commission, agent, consultant or person engaged by the Commission is deemed to have an interest referred to under subsection (1) if his or her spouse, de facto partner, parent, child or other immediate family member as may be prescribed by regulations, has an interest in the matter under discussion or investigation, as the case may be. (3) A person who is required to provide his or her interest under subsection (1) must do so in writing and must not take part in or be present at any deliberation, decision making process or investigation carried out by the Commission upon disclosing such interest. Commission to maintain confidentiality 11. The Commissioner, any staff of the Commission and any agent, consultant or person engaged by the Commission must not either directly or indirectly, disclose, make a record of or communicate to any other person any information relating to the affairs or performance of the Commission’s functions under this Act unless it is necessary to do so— (a) in the performance of, or in connection with, the performance of a function under this Act; (b) for the purpose of producing a document or giving evidence to a court, tribunal or any other statutory entity in the course of civil or criminal proceedings under this Act or any other written law; or (c) for reporting a suspected offence or assisting in the investigation of a suspected offence. Protection from liability 12.—(1) No civil or criminal proceedings lie against the Commission, the Commissioner, any staff of the Commission and any agent, consultant or person engaged by the Commission for anything done or that he, she or it may do or fail to do, in the course of the exercise or purported exercise of his or her or its powers and authority or performance of his or her or its duties, unless it is shown that he or she or it did not act in good faith or with reasonable care. (2) No civil or criminal proceedings lie personally against any staff of the Commission or person engaged by the Commission for anything which is done in good faith, or done or intended to be done in the execution or purported exercise of his or her powers and authority or performance of his or her duties under the Act or any other written law.

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