Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) The ICAC must issue, and keep under review, guidelines for public bodies and public officers concerning frameworks and practices for minimising risks of retaliation.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the guidelines may include measures for:
(a) education and training; and
(b) policies and processes; and
(c) allocating responsibility and resources; and
(d) creating a suitable organisational culture; and
(e) managing situations in which persons are, or are likely to be, at risk of retaliation.
(3) The guidelines must include a requirement for a public body or public officer who receives a protected communication to keep the person who made the communication reasonably informed:
(a) in relation to steps taken to deal with the protected communication; and
(b) as to whether the matter has been reported to the ICAC.
(4) The ICAC must issue the guidelines within 12 months after the commencement of this section.