Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE ACT 2010 - SECT 23

23 Disclosure in court or tribunal proceeding

(1) The section applies if a person—

(a) has information that the person may disclose as a public interest disclosure to a proper authority; and

(b) discloses the information to a court or tribunal in a proceeding in which the information is relevant and admissible.

(2) The disclosure is taken to be a public interest disclosure made to the court or tribunal as a proper authority under section 15 (1) (a) (ii) .

(3) The court or tribunal may refer the disclosure to another proper authority.

(4) Section 31 (2) to (5) applies to a referral under subsection (3) as if the court or tribunal were a public sector entity.

(5) The fact that a court or tribunal is treated as a public sector entity under this Act, and therefore can be a proper authority under section 15 (1) (a) (ii) to receive a public interest disclosure, does not give a person a right to take a proceeding before the court or tribunal that the person does not have apart from this Act.