sec.20When disclosure may be made to a journalist

### sec.20 When disclosure may be made to a journalist This section applies if— a person has made a public interest disclosure under this chapter; and the entity to which the disclosure was made or, if the disclosure was referred under section 31 or 34 , the entity to which the disclosure was referred— decided not to investigate or deal with the disclosure; or investigated the disclosure but did not recommend the taking of any action in relation to the disclosure; or did not notify the person, within 6 months after the date the disclosure was made, whether or not the disclosure was to be investigated or dealt with. The person may make a disclosure of substantially the same information that was the subject of the public interest disclosure mentioned in subsection (1) (a) to a journalist. To remove any doubt, it is declared that— the disclosure of information to a journalist under this section is a public interest disclosure; and a journalist to whom information is disclosed under this section is not a relevant person for the purposes of section 64 ; and a journalist to whom information is disclosed under this section does not, for the purposes of section 65 , gain the information because of the journalist’s involvement in this Act’s administration. In this section— journalist means a person engaged in the occupation of writing or editing material intended for publication in the print or electronic news media. (sec.20-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person has made a public interest disclosure under this chapter; and the entity to which the disclosure was made or, if the disclosure was referred under section 31 or 34 , the entity to which the disclosure was referred— decided not to investigate or deal with the disclosure; or investigated the disclosure but did not recommend the taking of any action in relation to the disclosure; or did not notify the person, within 6 months after the date the disclosure was made, whether or not the disclosure was to be investigated or dealt with. (sec.20-ssec.2) The person may make a disclosure of substantially the same information that was the subject of the public interest disclosure mentioned in subsection (1) (a) to a journalist. (sec.20-ssec.3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that— the disclosure of information to a journalist under this section is a public interest disclosure; and a journalist to whom information is disclosed under this section is not a relevant person for the purposes of section 64 ; and a journalist to whom information is disclosed under this section does not, for the purposes of section 65 , gain the information because of the journalist’s involvement in this Act’s administration. (sec.20-ssec.4) In this section— journalist means a person engaged in the occupation of writing or editing material intended for publication in the print or electronic news media. - (a) a person has made a public interest disclosure under this chapter; and - (b) the entity to which the disclosure was made or, if the disclosure was referred under section 31 or 34 , the entity to which the disclosure was referred— (i) decided not to investigate or deal with the disclosure; or (ii) investigated the disclosure but did not recommend the taking of any action in relation to the disclosure; or (iii) did not notify the person, within 6 months after the date the disclosure was made, whether or not the disclosure was to be investigated or dealt with. - (i) decided not to investigate or deal with the disclosure; or - (ii) investigated the disclosure but did not recommend the taking of any action in relation to the disclosure; or - (iii) did not notify the person, within 6 months after the date the disclosure was made, whether or not the disclosure was to be investigated or dealt with. - (i) decided not to investigate or deal with the disclosure; or - (ii) investigated the disclosure but did not recommend the taking of any action in relation to the disclosure; or - (iii) did not notify the person, within 6 months after the date the disclosure was made, whether or not the disclosure was to be investigated or dealt with. - (a) the disclosure of information to a journalist under this section is a public interest disclosure; and - (b) a journalist to whom information is disclosed under this section is not a relevant person for the purposes of section 64 ; and - (c) a journalist to whom information is disclosed under this section does not, for the purposes of section 65 , gain the information because of the journalist’s involvement in this Act’s administration.