22Meaning of “witness public interest disclosure”

22 Meaning of “witness public interest disclosure”

22 Meaning of “witness public interest disclosure”

(1) In this Act, witness public interest disclosure means a disclosure of information, in an investigation of serious wrongdoing, at the request of or in response to a requirement of a person or agency investigating the serious wrongdoing, whether or not the investigation—

(a) relates to or arises from the making of a voluntary public interest disclosure, or

(b) constitutes dealing with a voluntary public interest disclosure.

(2) However, a disclosure is not a witness public interest disclosure if the disclosure is a mandatory public interest disclosure.