(b) be a disclosure of information that the person making the
disclosure honestly believes, on reasonable grounds, shows or tends to show
corrupt conduct, maladministration or serious and substantial waste of public
money by the NSW Police Force or a police officer or other member of the NSW
Police Force or the Crime Commission or a CC officer.
(b) be a disclosure of information that the person making the disclosure
honestly believes, on reasonable grounds, shows or tends to show
corrupt conduct, maladministration or serious and substantial waste of public
money by the LECC, a LECC officer or a LECCI officer.
(4) Despite section 11, a disclosure
by a public official to the Ombudsman that the person making the disclosure
honestly believes, on reasonable grounds, shows or tends to show that, in the
exercise of a function relating to a matter of administration conferred or
imposed on the LECC Inspector, the LECC Inspector or a LECCI officer has
engaged or proposes to engage in conduct of a kind that amounts to
corrupt conduct or maladministration, or has seriously and substantially
wasted public money, is protected by this Act.
(5) The Ombudsman may
investigate, and report on, in accordance with the Ombudsman Act 1974, any
matter raised by a disclosure made to it that is of a kind referred to in
subsection (4).