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Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010
sec.3Main objects of Act
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### sec.3 Main objects of Act
The main objects of this Act are—
to promote the public interest by facilitating public interest disclosures of wrongdoing in the public sector; and
to ensure that public interest disclosures are properly assessed and, when appropriate, properly investigated and dealt with; and
to ensure that appropriate consideration is given to the interests of persons who are the subject of a public interest disclosure; and
to afford protection from reprisals to persons making public interest disclosures.
- (a) to promote the public interest by facilitating public interest disclosures of wrongdoing in the public sector; and
- (b) to ensure that public interest disclosures are properly assessed and, when appropriate, properly investigated and dealt with; and
- (c) to ensure that appropriate consideration is given to the interests of persons who are the subject of a public interest disclosure; and
- (d) to afford protection from reprisals to persons making public interest disclosures.