PROTECTED DISCLOSURE ACT 2012 (NO. 85 OF 2012) - SECT 152 Disclosure of information by the Ombudsman

PROTECTED DISCLOSURE ACT 2012 (NO. 85 OF 2012) - SECT 152

After section 16L(1) of the Ombudsman Act 1973 insert —

    "(1A)     Despite subsection (1), the Ombudsman must not provide or disclose any information to a person or body if—

        (a)     the person or body, or an employee of the person or body, is the subject of an assessable disclosure; and

        (b)     the information—

              (i)     would be likely to lead to the identification of a person who made the assessable disclosure; and

              (ii)     is not information to which section 53(2)(a), (c) or (d) of the Protected Disclosure Act 2012 applies.".