Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE ACT 2010 - SECT 28

28 Reasonable procedures to deal with public interest disclosures

(1) The chief executive officer of a public sector entity must establish reasonable procedures to ensure that—

(a) public officers of the entity who make public interest disclosures are given appropriate support; and

(b) public interest disclosures made to the entity are properly assessed and, when appropriate, properly investigated and dealt with; and

(c) appropriate action is taken in relation to any wrongdoing that is the subject of a public interest disclosure made to the entity; and

(d) a management program for public interest disclosures made to the entity, consistent with any standard made under section 60 , is developed and implemented; and

(e) public officers of the entity are offered protection from reprisals by the entity or other public officers of the entity.

(2) The chief executive officer of a public sector entity must ensure the procedures are published, as soon as practicable after the procedures are made, on a website that is maintained by the public sector entity and readily accessible to the public.