Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
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
(b) the disclosure is made to:
(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
(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
(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:
(iv) a person authorised by the corporation to receive disclosures of that kind; and
(i) the corporation has, or may have, contravened a provision of this Act; or
(e) the discloser makes the disclosure in good faith.
(ii) an officer or employee of the corporation has, or may have, contravened a provision of this Act; and
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 .
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