Information to be given to purported protected person
98 Information to be given to purported protected person
(1) As soon as practicable after receiving a purported protected communication, the recipient must give the person who made the communication a written notice setting out:
a statement that the communication has been received; and
the date of receipt; and
an indication of the content of the communication; and
(d) a statement that the communication is or may be a protected communication; and
(e) information about the ICAC's role and contact details for the ICAC.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if, despite making efforts that are reasonable in the circumstances, the recipient is unable to contact the person who made a protected communication.
Example for subsection (2)
It may not be possible to contact a person who made a protected communication anonymously.
(3) In addition to the notice required by subsection (1), the recipient must make reasonable efforts to inform the person who made a protected communication of the matters specified in Schedule 2.
(4) For a protected communication made to the person responsible for the management or control of a public body, the person's obligations under this section may be fulfilled by the nominated recipient for the public body.
(5) This section does not apply in relation to a communication that is a protected communication only because it is the subject of a declaration under section 94(2).
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