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18Meaning of “disclosure officer” for an agency
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18 Meaning of “disclosure officer” for an agency
> > (1) In this Act, disclosure officer for an agency means a person responsible for receiving voluntary public interest disclosures on behalf of the agency, including the following—
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> > > (a) the head of the agency,
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> > > (b) for each work site that is permanently maintained by the agency and at which more than 1 person is employed—the most senior ongoing employee who ordinarily works at the site,
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> > > (c) if the agency has an unelected governing body—a member of the governing body,
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> > > (d) a person specified in the agency’s public interest disclosure policy as a person with responsibility for receiving voluntary public interest disclosures on behalf of the agency,
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> > > (e) a member of a class of persons, or a person employed in a position or role, specified in the agency’s public interest disclosure policy as a class, position or role with responsibility for receiving voluntary public interest disclosures on behalf of the agency.
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> > (2) If, contrary to Part 4, an agency does not have a public interest disclosure policy or does not include sufficient information in its public interest disclosure policy to enable disclosure officers for the agency to be contacted, a person is taken to be a disclosure officer for the agency if the person is—
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> > > (a) employed in or by the agency, and
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> > > (b) a manager of a public official associated with the agency.
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> > Section 43(4) requires an agency’s public interest disclosure policy to prominently include, or be accompanied by material specifying, information enabling disclosure officers for the agency to be contacted.
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> > (3) In this section, a reference to a public interest disclosure policy includes a reference to material accompanying a public interest disclosure policy.