Public Interest Disclosure Act 2012

For this Act, a disclosure officer for a disclosure of disclosable conduct is any of the following:

for a disclosure that relates to an ACTPS entity—

the public sector standards commissioner; or

the head of service; or

the auditor-general; or

the ombudsman; or

the integrity commissioner; or

the head of an ACTPS entity; or

a person nominated under subsection (2) for an ACTPS entity;

for a disclosure that relates to a Legislative Assembly entity—

the clerk of the Legislative Assembly; or

the auditor-general; or

the ombudsman; or

the integrity commissioner; or

a person nominated under subsection (2) for a Legislative Assembly entity.

The head of a public sector entity must—

nominate at least 1 person to be a disclosure officer for disclosures of disclosable conduct for the entity; and

publish the disclosure officer’s contact details on the entity’s website; and

if the entity is not the integrity commissioner—give the disclosure officer’s contact details to the integrity commissioner.

The integrity commissioner must publish, on the integrity commissioner’s website, the contact details given under subsection (2) (c).