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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.