Protection of persons making allegations and certain disclosures and giving information
220 Protection of persons making allegations and certain disclosures and giving information
In this section —
allegation includes any matter reported, notified or referred to the Parliamentary Inspector.
If an allegation has been made to the Commission, the Public Sector Commissioner or the Parliamentary Inspector or any information has been given to the Commission, the Public Sector Commissioner or the Parliamentary Inspector no civil or criminal liability, other than liability under this Act, attaches to a person by reason that the allegation was made or the information was given.
If a Minister or an independent agency discloses, in good faith —
the fact that the Commission or the Public Sector Commissioner has received or initiated an allegation or the details of an allegation; or
the fact that the Parliamentary Inspector has received an allegation or the details of an allegation received by the Parliamentary Inspector,
no civil or criminal liability attaches to the State, a Minister or an independent agency by reason of that disclosure.
If —
the principal officer of a notifying authority; or
the officer constituting a notifying authority,
discloses, in good faith, the fact that the officer has made an allegation to the Commission or the Public Sector Commissioner or the details of an allegation that the officer has made to the Commission or the Public Sector Commissioner, no civil or criminal liability attaches to the State, a Minister, the notifying authority or the principal officer or officer by reason of that disclosure.
[Section 220, formerly section 54, renumbered as section 220: No. 78 of 2003 s. 35(1); amended: No. 35 of 2014 s. 28.]
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.