Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to public interest disclosures made administratively about judicial officers.
(2) A person may make a public interest disclosure about the conduct of a judicial officer only under this section, despite any other provision of this Act.
(3) A public interest disclosure under section 15 about the conduct of a judicial officer may be made only--
(a) to the chief judicial officer of the relevant court or tribunal; or
(b) to the Crime and Misconduct Commission.
(4) A public interest disclosure under section 16, 17, 18 or 19 about the conduct of a judicial officer may be made only to the chief judicial officer of the relevant court or tribunal.
(5) If a reprisal that is conduct of a judicial officer is taken against a person for making a public interest disclosure under this section, the person may make a public interest disclosure about the reprisal only to--
(a) the chief judicial officer of the relevant court or tribunal; or
(b) if the reprisal is official misconduct--the chief judicial officer of the relevant court or tribunal or the Crime and Misconduct Commission.
(6) A chief judicial officer may receive a public interest disclosure only if the disclosure is about the conduct of another judicial officer.
(7) Under section 28, the chief judicial officer may refer a public interest disclosure made to the chief judicial officer about the conduct of another judicial officer to an appropriate entity that is a public sector entity.