CASA public interest disclosure procedures

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Table of contents

Manual responsibilities

Director of aviation safety preface

Glossary

Revision history

1. Introductory matters

2. What are Public Interest Disclosures?

3. Procedures

3.1 Authorised officers

3.2 Disclosure to a supervisor

3.3 Protecting confidentiality

3.4 Initial consideration and allocation

3.5 Risk assessment

3.6 Support for disclosers

3.7 Support for a person against whom a disclosure has been made

3.8 Consideration and investigation by principal officer

Attachment A extracts from the commonwealth ombudsman's agency guide to the Public Interest Disclosure ACT 2013

Attachment B rights and responsibilities of disclosers

Attachment C rights and responsibilities of persons who are the subject of a PID

Attachment D definitions of relevant terms in the PID ACT