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Version date: 1 January 2023 - onwards
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7. Disclosure to prescribed person

(1) A disclosure is made in the manner specified in this section if the worker -

(a) makes the disclosure to a person prescribed under subsection (2)(a) or the Commissioner, and

(b) reasonably believes -

(i) in the case of a disclosure made to a person prescribed under subsection (2)(a), that the relevant wrongdoing falls within the description of matters in respect of which the person is prescribed under subsection (2)(b), and

(ii) that the information disclosed, and any allegation contained in it, are substantially true.

(2) The Minister may by order -

(a) prescribe such persons as, by reason of the nature of their responsibilities or  functions, appear appropriate to be recipients of disclosures of relevant wrongdoings falling within the description of matters in respect of which they are prescribed, and

(b) prescribe in respect of each prescribed person such description of matters as appears appropriate by reason of the nature of the responsibilities or functions of the person.