Public Interest Disclosure Act 2012

This section applies if—

a person discloses disclosable conduct about the integrity commissioner to a person mentioned in section 15 (1) (the receiver); and

the receiver is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the disclosure—

is about disclosable conduct; and

is disclosed in good faith.

The receiver must—

give a copy of the disclosure of disclosable conduct to the inspector; and

if the person did not disclose the conduct anonymously—

give the inspector the name and contact details of the person; and

tell the person, in writing, the date when the disclosure was given to the inspector.

If the receiver gives a disclosure of disclosable conduct to the inspector under subsection (2), the disclosure is taken to be a complaint to the inspector under the Integrity Commission Act 2018, section 257 (Inspector—making a complaint to the inspector).

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