Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00079:clause:2_245a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00079
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 245A
Character Range: 149063–150447

245A  Protected disclosures
(1) Without limiting the application of the amendments of paragraph 337A(1)(a) of the Act made by this Schedule, those amendments apply in relation to:
 (a) a former officer, former employee or former member whether the person ceased to be an officer, employee or member before or after the commencement time; and
 (b) a contract or transaction whether the contract or transaction started, ended or occurred before or after the commencement time.
(2) A reference in Part 4A of Chapter 11 of the Act, as amended by this Schedule, to a disclosure that qualifies for protection under that Part includes a reference to a disclosure made before the commencement time that qualified for disclosure under that Part as in force at the time the disclosure was made.
(3) Despite subitem (2), Division 3 of Part 4A of Chapter 11 of the Act, as amended by this Schedule, only applies in relation to disclosures made after the commencement time.
(4) For the purposes of the definition of disclosable conduct in section 6 of the Act:
 (a) the reference to an act or omission includes an act or omission that occurred before the commencement time; and
 (b) the reference to the Fair Work Act includes the WR Act (within the meaning of item 3 of Schedule 2 of the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009), as in force from time to time.