Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An officer of a statutory GOC may, under section 15, 16 or 18, make a public interest disclosure to the statutory GOC about its conduct or the conduct of another officer of the statutory GOC.
(2) An officer of a statutory GOC may, under section 15, make a public interest disclosure to the Crime and Misconduct Commission about the conduct of the statutory GOC or the conduct of another officer of the statutory GOC.
(3) An officer of a statutory GOC may, under section 17, make a public interest disclosure to the statutory GOC about its conduct, the conduct of another officer of the statutory GOC or the conduct of a public sector contractor contracting with the statutory GOC.
(4) An officer of a statutory GOC may also make a public interest disclosure about a reprisal taken against the officer for making the public interest disclosure under subsection (1) or (3)--
(a) under section 26(3), to the statutory GOC; or
(b) if the reprisal is official misconduct--to the Crime and Misconduct Commission.
(5) For the purpose of public interest disclosures under subsections (1) to (4) and of applying any law about the disclosures--
(a) the statutory GOC is a public sector entity; and
(b) the officer making the public interest disclosure is a public officer; and
(c) if the public interest disclosure is made under section 17 about the conduct of another officer of the statutory GOC--the other officer is a public officer.
(6) Other than as provided by subsection (5)--
(a) a GOC is not a public sector entity under this Act; and
(b) an officer of a GOC is not a public officer under this Act; and
(c) an officer of a GOC can not, as a public officer, make a public interest disclosure.
(7) This section does not affect the making of a public interest disclosure by anybody under section 19 or 20.
(8) This section does not affect the reference under section 28--
(a) from a statutory GOC to another public sector entity of a public interest disclosure made to the statutory GOC in accordance with this section; or
(b) from a public sector entity to a statutory GOC of a public interest disclosure made to the public sector entity.