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CSPL · Local government ethical standards: report

R19-24

January 2019

Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.

Recommendation

Councillors should be listed as ‘prescribed persons’ for the purposes of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.

Government response

Prescribed persons are individuals or organisations that a worker may approach outside their workplace to report suspected or known wrongdoing and still be protected by the rights afforded to them under whistleblowing legislation.

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