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Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010
sec.12Disclosure by any person
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### sec.12 Disclosure by any person
This section applies if a person (whether or not the person is a public officer) has information about—
a substantial and specific danger to the health or safety of a person with a disability; or
the commission of an offence against a provision mentioned in schedule 2 , if the commission of the offence is or would be a substantial and specific danger to the environment; or
a contravention of a condition imposed under a provision mentioned in schedule 2 , if the contravention is or would be a substantial and specific danger to the environment; or
the conduct of another person that could, if proved, be a reprisal.
The person may make a disclosure under section 17 in relation to the information to a proper authority.
For subsection (1) , a person has information about the conduct of another person or another matter if—
the person honestly believes on reasonable grounds that the information tends to show the conduct or other matter; or
the information tends to show the conduct or other matter, regardless of whether the person honestly believes the information tends to show the conduct or other matter.
(sec.12-ssec.1) This section applies if a person (whether or not the person is a public officer) has information about— a substantial and specific danger to the health or safety of a person with a disability; or the commission of an offence against a provision mentioned in schedule 2 , if the commission of the offence is or would be a substantial and specific danger to the environment; or a contravention of a condition imposed under a provision mentioned in schedule 2 , if the contravention is or would be a substantial and specific danger to the environment; or the conduct of another person that could, if proved, be a reprisal.
(sec.12-ssec.2) The person may make a disclosure under section 17 in relation to the information to a proper authority.
(sec.12-ssec.3) For subsection (1) , a person has information about the conduct of another person or another matter if— the person honestly believes on reasonable grounds that the information tends to show the conduct or other matter; or the information tends to show the conduct or other matter, regardless of whether the person honestly believes the information tends to show the conduct or other matter.
- (a) a substantial and specific danger to the health or safety of a person with a disability; or
- (b) the commission of an offence against a provision mentioned in schedule 2 , if the commission of the offence is or would be a substantial and specific danger to the environment; or
- (c) a contravention of a condition imposed under a provision mentioned in schedule 2 , if the contravention is or would be a substantial and specific danger to the environment; or
- (d) the conduct of another person that could, if proved, be a reprisal.
- (a) the person honestly believes on reasonable grounds that the information tends to show the conduct or other matter; or
- (b) the information tends to show the conduct or other matter, regardless of whether the person honestly believes the information tends to show the conduct or other matter.