PROTECTED DISCLOSURE ACT 2012 (NO. 85 OF 2012) - SECT 1 Purposes
PROTECTED DISCLOSURE ACT 2012 (NO. 85 OF 2012) - SECT 1
PurposesThe purposes of this Act are—
(a) to encourage and facilitate disclosures of—
(i) improper conduct by public officers, public bodies and other persons; and
(ii) detrimental action taken in reprisal for a person making a disclosure under this Act; and
(b) to provide protection for—
(i) persons who make those disclosures; and
(ii) persons who may suffer detrimental action in reprisal for those disclosures; and
(c) to provide for the confidentiality of the content of those disclosures and the identity of persons who make those disclosures.