{"id":"F2019L01322","name":"Public Interest Disclosure Rules 2019","slug":"public-interest-disclosure-rules-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440268,"registerId":"F2019L01322-fast-fetch-1775955958321","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Public Interest Disclosure Rules 2019","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nPublic Interest Disclosure Rules 2019\n\nI, Christian Porter, Attorney‑General, make the following rules.\n\nDated 4 October 2019\n\nChristian Porter\n\nAttorney‑General\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Prescribed authorities\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Public Interest Disclosure Rules 2019.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 12 October 2019\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.\n\n5  Prescribed authorities\n\n  For the purposes of subparagraph 72(1)(p)(ii) of the Act, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is prescribed.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1710},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the limited technical function described—it prescribes ASIC as an authority under the Public Interest Disclosure Act. There is no expansion beyond the original purpose of designating a specific agency to receive whistleblower disclosures."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (section 5) containing only one sentence","Only one defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Minimal cross-referencing (only to parent Act section 72(1)(p)(ii))","Total instrument length under 400 words"],"plain_english_summary":"This rule adds the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to the list of agencies authorised to receive public interest disclosures under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013. \n\nIt lets corporate and financial-sector whistleblowers report wrongdoing to ASIC and receive the Act’s statutory protections—confidentiality and protection from reprisals—bringing ASIC in line with other appropriate authorities."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/public-interest-disclosure-rules-2019","history":"/api/acts/public-interest-disclosure-rules-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/public-interest-disclosure-rules-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/public-interest-disclosure-rules-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/public-interest-disclosure-rules-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/public-interest-disclosure-rules-2019/documents"}}