Voluntary reporting

Voluntary reporting

114 (1) The Regulator may, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations for the establishment and administration of systems for the voluntary reporting to the Regulator of alleged non-compliance with this Act. (2) The Regulator may, subject to this section, make any use of any report made to it in accordance with regulations made under subsection (1) that it considers necessary for the purposes of this Act. (3) Regulations made under subsection (1) may include rules for the protection of the identity of persons who make a report. (4) Where the identity of a person who has made a report to the Regulator in accordance with regulations made under subsection (1) is protected by rules referred to in subsection (3), information that could reasonably be expected to reveal that identity is privileged, and a person must not (a) knowingly communicate it or permit it to be communicated to any person; or (b) be required to produce it or give evidence relating to it in any legal, disciplinary or other proceedings. (5) A report made to the Regulator under a voluntary reporting system established by regulations made under subsection (1) must not be used against the person who made the report in any legal, disciplinary or other proceedings if the person’s identity is protected by rules referred to in subsection (3).