60Public body to establish procedures that comply with guidelines and standards

60 Public body to establish procedures that comply with guidelines and standards

[Section 60 Substituted by No. 68 of 2009, s. 26, Applied:01 Oct 2010]

(1)  A public body is to establish procedures that comply with any guidelines and standards referred to in section 38(1)(c) .

(2)  The procedures established by a public body under subsection (1) are to include procedures for the protection of the welfare of a person making a disclosure.

(3)  [Section 60 Subsection (3) amended by No. 38 of 2015, s. 45, Applied:13 Oct 2015] A large public body is to submit its procedures to the Ombudsman for approval, and is to submit its procedures to the Ombudsman at least once in each 3-year period following the initial approval.

(4)  [Section 60 Subsection (4) inserted by No. 38 of 2015, s. 45, Applied:13 Oct 2015] In this section –

GBE means a Government Business Enterprise within the meaning of the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995 ;

large public body includes –

(a) a State Service Agency; and

(b) a council within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 ; and

(c) a GBE; and

(d) a State-owned company;

State-owned company means a company that is incorporated under the Corporations Act and is controlled by –

(a) the Crown; or

(b) a GBE; or

(c) a statutory authority; or

(d) another company which is itself controlled by an entity referred to in , or .