PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURES ACT 1994 - SECT 26
Referral of disclosures by public officials
PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURES ACT 1994 - SECT 26
Referral of disclosures by public officials
(1) A public official may refer any disclosure concerning an allegation of
corrupt conduct, maladministration, serious and substantial waste or
government information contravention 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.
(3) A
public interest disclosure that is referred under this section remains a
public interest disclosure after it is referred.