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PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE AMENDMENT BILL 2003

                       Western Australia


Public Interest Disclosure Amendment Bill 2003

                          CONTENTS

 1.    Short title                          1
 2.    Commencement                         1
 3.    The Act amended                      2
 4.    Section 13A inserted                 2
 5.    Section 17 amended                   2




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                          LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

                   (Introduced by Mrs C. L. Edwardes MLA)


    Public Interest Disclosure Amendment Bill 2003


                                   A Bill for


    An Act to amend the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2003.



    The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:


    1.      Short title
            This Act may be cited as the Public Interest Disclosure
5           Amendment Act 2003.

    2.      Commencement
            This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives
            the Royal Assent.




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     3.       The Act amended
              The amendments in this Act are to the Public Interest
              Disclosure Act 2003.

     4.       Section 13A inserted
5             After section 13 the following section is inserted --
     "

            13A.   Public Disclosure
                   A person who has made an appropriate disclosure of
                   public interest information under this Act retains all of
10                 the protection provided in Section 13(b) in the event a
                   public disclosure of the public interest information was
                   in the public interest.
                                                                               ".

     5.       Section 17 amended
15            Section 17 is amended as follows:
                (a) by deleting at the end of paragraph (a) the semicolon
                     and "or" after it;
               (b) by deleting paragraph (b).




 


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