Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A public interest disclosure may be made to an appropriate entity in any way, including anonymously.
(2) However, if an appropriate entity establishes a reasonable procedure for making a public interest disclosure to the entity, the procedure must be used by a person making a public interest disclosure to the entity.
(3) Despite subsection (2), a public interest disclosure made to an appropriate entity that is a public sector entity may always be made to--
(a) its chief executive officer; or
Editor's note--
See schedule 5, section 1 for the definition of chief executive officer.
(b) if the appropriate entity that is a public sector entity has a governing body--a member of its governing body; or
(c) if an officer of the entity is making the disclosure--a person who, directly or indirectly, supervises or manages the officer; or
(d) an officer of the entity who has the task of receiving or taking action on the type of information being disclosed.
(4) This Act does not affect a procedure required under another Act for disclosing the type of information being disclosed.
(5) If a public interest disclosure is properly made to an appropriate entity, the entity is taken to have received the disclosure for the purpose of this Act.
(6) However, subsection (5) is subject to divisions 4 and 6.
Examples of subsection (3)(d)--
1 the entity's internal auditor, if the public interest disclosure is made under section 17
2 a health officer or environmental officer of the department having a statutory or administrative responsibility to investigate something mentioned in a disclosure under section 18(1) or 19(1)
3 the officer of the entity in charge of its human resource management if the public interest disclosure is made under section 20 and is about detriment to the career of an employee of the entity