161Definitions

161 Definitions commencement means the commencement of section 160. discloser, see section 4 of the repealed Act. PID Commissioner means the Commissioner for Public Interest Disclosures under the repealed Act. public interest disclosure, see section 4 of the repealed Act. repealed Act means the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2008 as in force immediately before the commencement. responsible authority, see section 8 of the repealed Act.

Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2017 122 162 Protection continues for previous disclosures Part 6 of this Act applies in relation to a public interest disclosure made under the repealed Act as if the disclosure were a protected 163 Current investigations (1) This section applies if an investigation of a public interest disclosure was started, but not completed, before the commencement. (2) All information in the possession or control of the PID Commissioner immediately before the commencement in relation to the investigation is to be transferred to the ICAC. (3) The ICAC is to deal with the matter as if the public interest disclosure were a protected communication made to the ICAC. (4) Within a reasonable time after the commencement, the ICAC must give written notice to the discloser of the following: (a) that the ICAC has inherited the matter; (b) the action the ICAC has taken, or proposes to take, in relation to the matter.