(b) an officer of
the public authority to which the disclosure relates,
in accordance with any
procedure established by the authority concerned for the reporting of
allegations of corrupt conduct, maladministration, serious and substantial
waste of public money or government information contravention by that
authority or any of its officers must be a disclosure of information that the
person making the disclosure honestly believes, on reasonable grounds, shows
or tends to show such corrupt conduct, maladministration, serious and
substantial waste of public money or government information contravention
(whether by that authority or any of its officers or by another
public authority or any of its officers).
(2A) To be protected by this Act, a
disclosure by a public official to the principal officer of the Department of
Parliamentary Services, the Department of the Legislative Assembly or the
Department of the Legislative Council about the conduct of a member of
Parliament must--
(a) be made in accordance with any official procedure
established for the reporting of allegations of corrupt conduct,
maladministration or serious and substantial waste of public money by a member
of Parliament, and
(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 a member of Parliament.
