PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURES ACT 2002 - SECT 35 Procedure where public body determines disclosure not to be public interest disclosure
PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURES ACT 2002 - SECT 35
Procedure where public body determines disclosure not to be public interest disclosure
(1) If, under section 33 , a public body determines that a disclosure is not a public interest disclosure, the public body must, within 14 days (a) notify the person who made the disclosure of that determination; and(b) notify the Ombudsman that the public body has determined that the disclosure is not a public interest disclosure.(2) On receipt of a notification that a public body has determined that a disclosure is not a public interest disclosure, the Ombudsman must review that determination.(3) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply in respect of a person who made an anonymous disclosure.