20Disclosure made in performance of functions or duties

20 Disclosure made in performance of functions or duties

(1) A disclosure is not a public interest disclosure if the disclosure is made by an officer or employee of an investigating entity in the performance of the officer's or the employee's functions or duties under the Act under which the investigating entity is authorised to investigate public interest complaints.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if—

(a) at the time the disclosure is made, the person making the disclosure expressly states in writing that the disclosure is a public interest disclosure; and

(b) the disclosure is otherwise made in accordance with Division 2.

Pt 3 (Headings and ss 21–31) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 134.5), 16/2016 s. 172, 30/2016 s. 85, substituted as Pt 3 (Headings and ss 21–31B) by No. 2/2019 s. 9.