Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00544:clause:1_156a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00544
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 156A
Character Range: 50921–52461

156A  Disclosures qualifying for whistleblower protection

 (1) This section applies to a disclosure of information by a person (the discloser) who is, in relation to a life company, any of the following:
 (a) an officer of the life company;
 (b) an employee of the life company;
 (c) a person who has a contract for the supply of services or goods to the life company;
 (d) an employee of a person who has a contract for the supply of services or goods to the life company.

 (2) The disclosure of information by the discloser qualifies for protection under this Subdivision if:
 (a) the disclosure is made to any of the following:
 (i) APRA;
 (ii) the life company's auditor or a member of an audit team conducting an audit of the life company;
 (iii) the appointed actuary of the life company;
 (iv) a director or senior manager of the life company;
 (v) a person authorised by the life company to receive disclosures of the kind made; and
 (b) the discloser informs the person to whom the disclosure is made of the discloser's name before making the disclosure; and
 (c) both:
 (i) the information concerns misconduct, or an improper state of affairs or circumstances, in relation to the life company; and
 (ii) the discloser considers that the information may assist a person referred to in paragraph (a) to perform the person's functions or duties in relation to the life company; and
 (d) the discloser makes the disclosure in good faith.

 (3) In this section, officer has the same meaning as it has in the Corporations Act 2001.