Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE (AMENDMENT) (NO 1 OF 1997)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   1.      This Act may be cited as the Public Interest Disclosure (Amendment) Act 1997.  
   2.      This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.  
   3.      In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1994.1  
   4.      Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   5.      Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   6.      Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   7.      Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (3) (b) “or the Auditor-General” after “Ombudsman”.  
   8.      The heading to Division 2 of Part II of the Principal Act is omitted and the following heading substituted:  
   9.      Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “to an investigation under the Ombudsman Act 1989” and substituting “in that Act to an investigation under that Act”.  
   10.     Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “is a proper authority” and substituting “and the Auditor-General are proper authorities”.  
   11.     Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting “or the Auditor-General” after “Ombudsman” (wherever occurring).  
   12.     Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   13.     Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) “an officer of” and substituting “a public official in relation to”.  
   14.     Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   15.     Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) “an officer of” and substituting “a public official in relation to”.  
   16.     Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   17.     Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   18.     Section 28 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted: