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Act (2017:151) on the protection of informers in privately-owned business.

Country(ies)

Sweden

Subjects (Classification)

Protection in certain sectors of economic activity

Adopted on (Date of text)

2017-02-23

Scope of text

National

Type of legislation (Type of text)

Law, Act

Original title

Lag (2017:151) om meddelarskydd i vissa enskilda verksamheter.

Abstract/Citation

Provides for regulations concerning situations when employees, contractors, and others participating in activities to disclose information about media publishing activities covered by the Press Freedom Regulation or the Freedom of Expression Act or contributing to requests in such media.

Contains 6 articles and 4 sections concerning, inter alia:

Section 1: Scope.
Section 2: Right to submit information and prohibition of intervention and investigation.
Section 3: Restrictions on the right to disclose information.
Section 4: Penalty.