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Public Interest Disclosure Rules 2019

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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.

It 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.

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Public Interest Disclosure Rules 2019

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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Public Interest Disclosure Rules 2019

I, Christian Porter, Attorney‑General, make the following rules.

Dated 4 October 2019

Christian Porter

Attorney‑General

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Prescribed authorities

1 Name

This instrument is the Public Interest Disclosure Rules 2019.

2 Commencement

(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.

Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 12 October 2019

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

(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.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.

4 Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.

5 Prescribed authorities

For the purposes of subparagraph 72(1)(p)(ii) of the Act, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is prescribed.

Source text

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Public Interest Disclosure Rules 2019

I, Christian Porter, Attorney‑General, make the following rules.

Dated 4 October 2019

Christian Porter

Attorney‑General

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Prescribed authorities

1 Name

This instrument is the Public Interest Disclosure Rules 2019.

2 Commencement

Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 12 October 2019

Note: 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.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.

4 Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.

5 Prescribed authorities

For the purposes of subparagraph 72(1)(p)(ii) of the Act, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is prescribed.

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