Public Interest Disclosures Amendment Act 2011 (NSW)

An Act to amend the Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994 to make further provision with respect to the grounds for public interest disclosures, the obligations and responsibilities of public authorities and heads of public authorities and the functions of the Ombudsman; and for other purposes.

1Name of Act

This Act is the Public Interest Disclosures Amendment Act 2011.

2Commencement(1)

Except as provided by subsection (2) this Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

(2)

Schedule 1 [5] commences on 1 January 2012.

Schedule 1Amendment of Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994 No 92[1]–[4]

(Repealed)

[5]Section 6CA

Insert after section 6C (as inserted by the Protected Disclosures Amendment (Public Interest Disclosures) Act 2010):

6CAReports to Ombudsman by public authorities(1)

Each public authority must provide a report under this section to the Ombudsman for each 6 month period.

(2)

The report is to provide statistical information on the public authority’s compliance with its obligations under this Act during the 6 month period to which the report relates.

(3)

The report is to be provided to the Ombudsman within 30 days after the end of the 6 month period to which the report relates, or by such later time as the Ombudsman may approve.

(4)

The regulations may make provision for or with respect to:

• (a)

  the statistical information that is to be provided in a report under this section, and

• (b)

  the form in which such a report is to be provided.

(5)

In this section, 6 month period means the period of 6 months ending on 30 June and 31 December in any year.

[6]–[19]

(Repealed)

Schedule 2

(Repealed)