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CASA public interest disclosure procedures

Date of publication: 
1 July 2015
Version: 
2.0
Downloads: 
CASA public interest disclosure procedures (pdf 415.52 KB)
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Note: The 'sample letter' hyperlinks contained within this manual will not work. The sample letters are used by CASA Staff only.

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
Last modified: 13 August 2018
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