New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PROTECTED DISCLOSURES ACT 1994 - SECT 12B

12B Disclosure to Director-General of Department of Local Government concerning serious and substantial waste in local government

(1) To be protected by this Act, a disclosure by a public official to the Director-General of the Department of Local Government must:

(a) be made in accordance with the Local Government Act 1993 , and

(b) be a disclosure of information that shows or tends to show serious and substantial waste of local government money by any one or more of the following:

(i) a local government authority,

(ii) a delegate of a local government authority,

(iii) a councillor (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 ),

(iv) a member of a county council (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 ),

(v) a member of staff of a local government authority.

(2) In this section, "local government money" includes all revenue, loans and other money collected, received or held by, for or on account of a local government authority.