New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PROTECTED DISCLOSURES ACT 1994 - SECT 26

26 Referral of disclosures by public officials

(1) A public official may refer any disclosure concerning an allegation of corrupt conduct, maladministration or serious and substantial waste made to the public official under Part 2 to an investigating authority or to another public official or a public authority considered by the public official to be appropriate in the circumstances, for investigation or other action.

(1A) If the public official to whom the disclosure referred to in subsection (1) was made does not belong to the public authority or investigating authority to which the disclosure relates, the public official must refer the disclosure to the principal officer of, or officer who constitutes, the authority concerned, or to an investigating authority, for investigation or other action.

(2) The public official may communicate to the investigating authority, the other public official or the public authority any information the public official has obtained during investigation (if any) of the matter concerned.