52Obligation of Ministers and staff members

#### 52 Obligation of Ministers and staff members 52 Obligation of Ministers and staff members > A Minister or member of a Minister’s staff to whom a disclosure mentioned in section 49(1)(a) or (b) is made must, as soon as reasonably practicable— > > > (a) communicate the disclosure to a disclosure officer for an agency that is responsible to the Minister, or > > > (b) communicate the disclosure to an integrity agency, or > > > (c) if the disclosure was made orally—direct the maker of the disclosure, for the purposes of remaking the disclosure, to a disclosure officer for an agency that is responsible to the Minister or to an integrity agency. > > Note. > > A disclosure is not a voluntary public interest disclosure if it is made orally to a Minister or a member of a Minister’s staff—see section 24(3)(c).