Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE ACT 1994 - SECT 9

Each government agency is a proper authority to receive—

        (a)     a public interest disclosure—

              (i)     concerning the agency's conduct or the conduct of a public official in relation to the agency; or

              (ii)     concerning a matter, or the conduct of a person, that the agency has a function or power to investigate; or

              (iii)     referred to it by another government agency; or

              (iv)     if the person making the disclosure believes that the agency is a proper authority to receive the disclosure; or

        (b)     a public interest disclosure that a person has engaged, is engaging, or proposes to engage, in an unlawful reprisal if—

    (i)     for an unlawful reprisal that relates to a previous public interest disclosure—the previous public interest disclosure was made to the government agency; or

              (ii)     for an unlawful reprisal that relates to an attempt by a public official to involve another person in the commission of an offence—the public official is a public official in relation to the government agency.