Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00616:section:8:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00616
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 4/4)
Character Range: 26003–27869

Commonwealth Ombudsman.
personal work‑related conduct: see section 29A.
PID rules (short for Public Interest Disclosure Rules) means the rules made by the Minister under section 83.
position, in relation to a public official, includes office or situation.
prescribed authority has the meaning given by section 72.
principal officer, in relation to an agency, has the meaning given by section 73.
provides assistance: for when a person provides assistance in relation to a disclosure, see section 12A (Witnesses—immunity from liability etc.).
public interest disclosure has the meaning given by Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part 2.
public official has the meaning given by Subdivision A of Division 3 of Part 4.
recipient, in relation to a disclosure of information, means the person to whom the information is disclosed.
relates: section 35 sets out when conduct relates to an agency.
reprisal: see the definition of takes a reprisal in section 13.
Royal Commission has the meaning given by the Royal Commissions Act 1902.
sensitive law enforcement information has the meaning given by subsection 41(2).
separate investigative power has the meaning given by subsection 49(2).
statutory officeholder has the meaning given by subsection 69(2).
stop action direction under the NACC Act means a direction under subsection 43(1) of the National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act 2022 (including as applied by section 211 of that Act) to stop taking action in relation to a corruption issue or a NACC corruption issue.
supervisor, in relation to a person who makes a disclosure, is a public official who supervises or manages the person making the disclosure.
takes a reprisal has the meaning given by section 13.
transferred function, in relation to a machinery of government change: see section 73A.

Part 2—Protection of disclosers and witnesses

Division 1—Protections