Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00345:section:337a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00345
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 337A
Character Range: 589479–591993

337A  Disclosures qualifying for protection under this Part
 (1) A disclosure of information by a person (the discloser) qualifies for protection under this Part if:
 (a) the discloser is one of the following:
 (i) an officer or former officer of an organisation, or of a branch of an organisation;
 (ii) an employee or former employee of an organisation, or of a branch of an organisation;
 (iii) a member or former member of an organisation, or of a branch of an organisation;
 (iv) a person who has or had a contract for the supply of services or goods to, or any other transaction with, an organisation or a branch of an organisation;
 (v) a person who has or had a contract for the supply of services or goods to, or any other transaction with, an officer or employee of an organisation or of a branch of an organisation who is or was acting on behalf of the organisation or branch;
 (vi) an officer, former officer, employee or former employee of a person referred to in subparagraph (iv) or (v); and
 (b) the disclosure is made to one of the following:
 (i) the General Manager;
 (ii) an FWC Member or a member of the staff of the FWC;
 (iii) an administrator of a scheme determined under subsection 323B(1), or a person authorised by an administrator under paragraph 323HA(3)(b);
 (v) a member of the staff of the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman (within the meaning of the Fair Work Act); and
 (c) the discloser has reasonable grounds to suspect that the information indicates one or more instances of disclosable conduct by:
 (i) the organisation or a branch of the organisation; or
 (ii) an officer or employee of the organisation or of a branch of the organisation.
 (2) A disclosure is taken to have been made by a person mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) (the discloser) to a person mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) (the official) if the disclosure is made to the official by a lawyer on the discloser's behalf.
 (3) A disclosure of information by a person (the discloser) qualifies for protection under this Part if:
 (a) the discloser is a person mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) in relation to an organisation or a branch of an organisation; and
 (b) the disclosure is made to the discloser's lawyer; and
 (c) the discloser has reasonable grounds to suspect that the information indicates one or more instances of disclosable conduct by:
 (i) the organisation or a branch of the organisation; or
 (ii) an officer or employee of the organisation or of a branch of the organisation.

Division 2—Protections