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Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022
22Meaning of “witness public interest disclosure”
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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—
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> > > (a) relates to or arises from the making of a voluntary public interest disclosure, or
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> > > (b) constitutes dealing with a voluntary public interest disclosure.
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> > (2) However, a disclosure is not a witness public interest disclosure if the disclosure is a mandatory public interest disclosure.