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Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act

Version of section 10 from 2007-04-15 to 2012-03-15:


Marginal note:Establishment of internal disclosure procedures

  •  (1) Each chief executive must establish internal procedures to manage disclosures made under this Act by public servants employed in the portion of the public sector for which the chief executive is responsible.

  • Marginal note:Designation of senior officer

    (2) Each chief executive must designate a senior officer to be responsible for receiving and dealing with, in accordance with the duties and powers of senior officers set out in the code of conduct established by the Treasury Board, disclosures of wrongdoings made by public servants employed in the portion of the public sector for which the chief executive is responsible.

  • Marginal note:Senior officer from other portion of public sector

    (3) A chief executive may designate as a senior officer for the portion of the public sector for which the chief executive is responsible a person who is employed in any other portion of the public sector.

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a chief executive if he or she declares, after giving notice to the Agency, that it is not practical to apply those subsections given the size of that portion of the public sector.

  • 2005, c. 46, s. 10
  • 2006, c. 9, s. 198

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