Western Australian Current Acts

PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE ACT 2003 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2003 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Public Interest Disclosure Act 2003	29 of 2003	22 May 2003	s. 1 and 2: 22 May 2003; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2383)
Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003 s. 62 2	48 of 2003 (as amended by No. 78 of 2003 s. 35(13))	3 Jul 2003	1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5723)
Corruption and Crime Commission Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 74(2)	78 of 2003	22 Dec 2003	7 Jul 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 6 Jul 2004 p. 2697)
Criminal Investigation (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 s. 73	59 of 2006	16 Nov 2006	1 Jul 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 22 Jun 2007 p. 2838)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 136	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Reprint 1: The Public Interest Disclosure Act 2003 as at 12 Oct 2007 (includes amendments listed above)
Police Amendment Act 2008 s. 18	8 of 2008	31 Mar 2008	1 Apr 2008 (see s. 2(1))
Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 104	8 of 2009	21 May 2009	22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Police Amendment Act 2009 s. 22	42 of 2009	3 Dec 2009	13 Mar 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 12 Mar 2010 p. 941)
Public Sector Reform Act 2010 s. 82	39 of 2010	1 Oct 2010	1 Dec 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 5 Nov 2010 p. 5563)
Evidence and Public Interest Disclosure Legislation Amendment Act 2012 Pt. 3	31 of 2012	2 Oct 2012	21 Nov 2012 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 20 Nov 2012 p. 5685)
Reprint 2: The Public Interest Disclosure Act 2003 as at 1 Feb 2013 (includes amendments listed above)
Corruption and Crime Commission Amendment (Misconduct) Act 2014 s. 39	35 of 2014	9 Dec 2014	1 Jul 2015 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 26 Jun 2015 p. 2235)
Local Government Legislation Amendment Act 2016 Pt. 3 Div. 29	26 of 2016	21 Sep 2016	21 Jan 2017 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 20 Jan 2017 p. 648)

² The Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003 Sch. 3 was renumbered as Sch. 4 by the Corruption and Crime Commission Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 35(12) and the reference to it in s. 62 was amended by the Corruption and Crime Commission Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 35(13).

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)
Commissioner 3(1)
Commissioner of Police 3(1)
complaint 12(5)
Corruption and Crime Commission 3(1)
declared person 12(5)
detrimental action 3(1)
employing authority 15B(1)
environment 3(1)
identifying disclosure 16(1)
identifying information 16(3)
journalist 7A(1)
organisation 15B(1)
Parliamentary Commissioner 3(1)
proper authority 7, 18
public authority 3(1)
public interest information 3(1)
public officer 3(1)
public sector contractor 3(1)
public service employee 15B(1)