Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE ACT 2010 - SECT 13

13 Disclosure by a public officer

(1) This section applies if a person who is a public officer has information about—

(a) the conduct of another person that could, if proved, be—

(i) corrupt conduct; or

(ii) maladministration that adversely affects a person’s interests in a substantial and specific way; or

(b) a substantial misuse of public resources (other than an alleged misuse based on mere disagreement over policy that may properly be adopted about amounts, purposes or priorities of expenditure); or

(c) a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety; or

(d) a substantial and specific danger to the environment.

(2) The person may make a disclosure under section 17 in relation to the information to a proper authority.

(3) For subsection (1) , a person has information about the conduct of another person or another matter if—

(a) the person honestly believes on reasonable grounds that the information tends to show the conduct or other matter; or

(b) the information tends to show the conduct or other matter, regardless of whether the person honestly believes the information tends to show the conduct or other matter.

(4) If the other person is a commission officer, subsection (1) (a) (i) applies as though the Crime and Corruption Commission were a unit of public administration.

(5) In this section—

"commission officer" see the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 , schedule 2 , definition commission officer , paragraph (a) .

"unit of public administration" see the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 , section 20 .