Public Interest Disclosure Act 2012

If a disclosure of disclosable conduct is not taken to be a public interest disclosure under section 17A (3) (a), the integrity commissioner must tell the relevant people, in writing, that—

the disclosure is not taken to be a public interest disclosure; and

the protections in part 7 do not apply to the person who disclosed the conduct in relation to the disclosure.

In this section:

if the disclosure was given to the integrity commissioner by another disclosure officer under section 17—the disclosure officer; and

if the person who disclosed the disclosable conduct did not disclose the conduct anonymously—the person.

A person who discloses disclosable conduct may disclose the conduct to the Legislative Assembly or a journalist in certain circumstances (see s 27).