Public Interest Disclosures Amendment (Reporting) Regulation 2013 (NSW)

2013 No 725

New South Wales

Public Interest Disclosures

Amendment (Reporting) Regulation

2013

under the

Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994.

BARRY O’FARRELL, MP

Premier

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to require public authorities to separately report on public interest disclosures made by public officials in performing their day to day functions as such public officials, or under a statutory or other legal obligation, when reporting on public interest disclosures in annual and 6-monthly reports required under the Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994.

This Regulation is made under the Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994, including sections 6CA, 30 (the general regulation-making power) and 31.

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2013 No 725
Clause 1	Public Interest Disclosures Amendment (Reporting) Regulation 2013

Public Interest Disclosures Amendment (Reporting)

Regulation 2013

under the

Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Public Interest Disclosures Amendment
(Reporting) Regulation 2013.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 January 2014 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Public Interest Disclosures Regulation 2011

Clause 4 Information to be included in reports by public authorities

Insert after clause 4 (2):

(2A)

A report must provide the information required by subclause (2) (a) and (b) in relation to each of the following, separately:

(a)	public interest disclosures made by public officials in performing their day to day functions as such public officials,
(b)	public interest disclosures not within paragraph (a) that are made under a statutory or other legal obligation,
(c)	all other public interest disclosures.