Section 6 – Protected disclosure to employer

Protected disclosure to employer

(1) Any disclosure made in good faith

(a) and substantially in accordance with any procedure prescribed, or authorised by the employee’s employer for reporting or otherwise remedying the impropriety concerned; or

(b) to the employer of the employee, where there is no procedure as contemplated in paragraph (a), is a protected disclosure.

(2) Any employee who, in accordance with a procedure authorised by his or her employer, makes a disclosure to a person other than his or her employer, is deemed, for the purposes of rhis Act, to be making the disclosure to his or her employer.