PROTECTED DISCLOSURE ACT 2012 (NO. 85 OF 2012) - SECT 38 Application of Part

PROTECTED DISCLOSURE ACT 2012 (NO. 85 OF 2012) - SECT 38

    (1)     This Part applies to a protected disclosure from the time the disclosure is made—

        (a)     whether or not the entity to which the disclosure has been made notifies the disclosure to the IBAC; and

        (b)     whether or not the IBAC or the Victorian Inspectorate has determined that the disclosure is a protected disclosure complaint.

    (2)     For the purposes of this Part, any further information relating to a protected disclosure provided by the person who made the disclosure is to be treated as if it were a protected disclosure.

    (3)     Subsection (2) applies only to further information provided, whether orally or in writing, to—

        (a)     the entity to which the protected disclosure was made; or

        (b)     the IBAC; or

        (c)     the Victorian Inspectorate; or

        (d)     an investigating entity that is investigating that protected disclosure.