Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

CHAPTER 10 - REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT  

PART 10-5 - PROTECTION FOR WHISTLEBLOWERS  

Division 466 - Which disclosures qualify for protection under this Part?  

SECTION 466-1   DISCLOSURES QUALIFYING FOR PROTECTION  

466-1(1)    
A disclosure of information by a person (the discloser ) qualifies for protection under this Part if:

(a)    the discloser is:

(i) an officer or contact person of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or

(ii) an employee of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or

(iii) a person who has a contract for the supply of services or goods to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or

(iv) an employee of a person who has a contract for the supply of services or goods to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; and

(b)    the disclosure is made to:

(i) the Registrar; or

(ii) the corporation ' s auditor or a member of an audit team conducting an audit of the corporation; or

(iii) a director, secretary or senior manager of the corporation; or

(iv) a person authorised by the corporation to receive disclosures of that kind; and

(c)    the discloser informs the person to whom the disclosure is made of the discloser ' s name before making the disclosure; and

(d)    the discloser has reasonable grounds to suspect that the information indicates that:

(i) the corporation has, or may have, contravened a provision of this Act; or

(ii) an officer or employee of the corporation has, or may have, contravened a provision of this Act; and

(e)    the discloser makes the disclosure in good faith.

466-1(2)    
A reference in subsection (1) to a person contravening a provision of this Act includes a reference to a person committing an offence against, or based on, a provision of this Act.

Note:

This subsection causes section 11.6 of the Criminal Code to operate in relation to such references .