Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThe following table sets out who is an authorised internal recipient of a disclosure of information that the discloser believes on reasonable grounds may concern one or more instances of disclosable conduct.
Item | Column 1 If the conduct with which the disclosure is concerned relates to: | Column 2 An authorised officer of any of the following agencies is an authorised internal recipient of the disclosure: |
1 | an agency (other than an intelligence agency, the Ombudsman or the IGIS) | (a) in any case--that agency; (b) the agency to which the discloser belongs, or last belonged; (c) except if paragraph (ca) applies, if the discloser believes on reasonable grounds that it would be appropriate for the disclosure to be investigated by the Ombudsman--the Ombudsman; (ca) if the discloser believes on reasonable grounds that: (i) the disclosure relates to action taken by ACIC or the Australian Federal Police in relation to that agency's intelligence functions; and (ii) it would be appropriate for the disclosure to be investigated by the IGIS; the IGIS; (d) if an investigative agency (other than the Ombudsman or the IGIS) has the power to investigate the disclosure otherwise than under this Act--the investigative agency. |
2 | (a) in any case--the intelligence agency; (b) if the discloser believes on reasonable grounds that it would be appropriate for the disclosure to be investigated by the IGIS--the IGIS; (c) if none of the information is intelligence information, and an investigative agency (other than the Ombudsman or the IGIS) has the power to investigate the disclosure otherwise than under this Act--the investigative agency. | |
3 | the Ombudsman | the Ombudsman. |
4 | the IGIS | the IGIS. |
Note 1: For authorised officer , see section 36.
Note 2: A discloser may also disclose information to his or her supervisor (who is then obliged under subsection 60A(3) to give the information to an authorised officer).