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PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURES ACT 2002 - SECT 24

24. Certain further disclosures and further information related to disclosures are not protected disclosures

      (1) If the Ombudsman makes a determination under Part 5 that a disclosure is not a public interest disclosure, this Part does not apply to –

(a) any further disclosure to the Ombudsman or a public body of the subject matter of that disclosure; or

(b) the provision to the Ombudsman or the public body of any further information in relation to the subject matter of the disclosure.

      (2) If –

(a) a public body determines under Part 5 that a disclosure is not a public interest disclosure; and

(b) the person who made the disclosure does not, within 28 days of being notified of the determination, request a public body (as the case requires) to refer the disclosure to the Ombudsman for determination –

then, from the end of that period, this Part does not apply to any further disclosure to the Ombudsman, or a public body, of the subject matter of that disclosure or the provision to the Ombudsman, or a public body, of any further information in relation to the subject matter of the disclosure.

      (3) If the Ombudsman makes a determination under Part 8 that a disclosure is not a public interest disclosure, this Part does not apply to –

(a) any further disclosure to the Ombudsman, the President of the Legislative Council or the Speaker of the House of Assembly of the subject matter of that disclosure; or

(b) the provision to the Ombudsman, the President of the Legislative Council or the Speaker of the House of Assembly of any further information in relation to the subject matter of the disclosure.


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