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CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 466.1 Disclosures qualifying for protection

CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 466.1

Disclosures qualifying for protection

  (1)   A disclosure of information by a person (the discloser ) qualifies for protection under this Part   if:

  (a)   the discloser is:

  (i)   an officer or contact person of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or

  (ii)   an employee of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or

  (iii)   a person who has a contract for the supply of services or goods to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or

  (iv)   an employee of a person who has a contract for the supply of services or goods to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; and

  (b)   the disclosure is made to:

  (i)   the Registrar; or

  (ii)   the corporation's auditor or a member of an audit team conducting an audit of the corporation; or

  (iii)   a director, secretary or senior manager of the corporation; or

  (iv)   a person authorised by the corporation to receive disclosures of that kind; and

  (c)   the discloser informs the person to whom the disclosure is made of the discloser's name before making the disclosure; and

  (d)   the discloser has reasonable grounds to suspect that the information indicates that:

  (i)   the corporation has, or may have, contravened a provision of this Act; or

  (ii)   an officer or employee of the corporation has, or may have, contravened a provision of this Act; and

  (e)   the discloser makes the disclosure in good faith.

  (2)   A reference in subsection   (1) to a person contravening a provision of this Act includes a reference to a person committing an offence against, or based on, a provision of this Act.

Note:   This subsection causes section   11.6 of the Criminal Code to operate in relation to such references.