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PROTECTED DISCLOSURES ACT 1994 - SECT 4

Definitions

4 Definitions

In this Act:
"Commission" means the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
"corrupt conduct" has the meaning given to it by the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 .
"detrimental action" is defined in section 20.
"disciplinary proceeding" includes a disciplinary inquiry within the meaning of the Public Sector Management Act 1988 .
"exercise" of a function includes, where the function is a duty, the performance of the duty.
"function" includes power, authority or duty.
"ICAC Inspector" means the Inspector of the Independent Commission Against Corruption appointed under the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 .
"investigate" includes inquire or audit.
"investigating authority" means:

(a) the Auditor-General, or
(b) the Commission, or
(c) the Ombudsman, or
(d) the PIC, or
(e) the PIC Inspector, or
(f) the Director-General of the Department of Local Government, or
(g) the ICAC Inspector.
"investigation Act" means:
(a) the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 , or
(b) the Ombudsman Act 1974 , or
(c) the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 , or
(d) the Police Integrity Commission Act 1996 , or
(e) the Local Government Act 1993 .
"journalist" means a person engaged in the occupation of writing or editing material intended for publication in the print or electronic news media.
"local government authority" means:
(a) a council, or
(b) a county council,
within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 .
"maladministration" is defined in section 11 (2).
"officer of the ICAC Inspector" means an officer of the Inspector, as defined in the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 .
"PIC" means the Police Integrity Commission constituted under the Police Integrity Commission Act 1996 .
"PIC Inspector" means the Inspector of the Police Integrity Commission appointed under the Police Integrity Commission Act 1996 .
"PIC officer" means an officer of the Commission, as defined in the Police Integrity Commission Act 1996 .
"PICI officer" means an officer of the Inspector, as defined in the Police Integrity Commission Act 1996 .
"protected disclosure" means a disclosure satisfying the applicable requirements of Part 2.
"public authority" means any public authority (including a local government authority) whose conduct or activities may be investigated by an investigating authority.
"public official" means a person employed under the Public Sector Management Act 1988 , an employee of a State owned corporation, a subsidiary of a State owned corporation or a local government authority or any other individual having public official functions or acting in a public official capacity, whose conduct and activities may be investigated by an investigating authority, and (without limitation and to avoid doubt), includes an individual in the service of the Crown or of a public authority, a member of the Police Service, a PIC officer or a PICI officer.
"relevant investigation Act" means:
(a) in relation to an investigating authority other than the Director-General of the Department of Local Government-the Act that appoints or constitutes the investigating authority, and
(b) in relation to the investigating authority that is the Director-General of the Department of Local Government-the Local Government Act 1993 .


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