Section 4 - Collating and publishing statistics

The protected disclosure coordinator will establish a secure register to record the information required to be published in the annual report pursuant to section 86 of the Act, and to generally keep account of the status of public interest disclosures.  The register will be confidential and will not record any information that may identify the discloser.

The register will contain the following information:

• the number and types of disclosures made to public bodies during the year;
• the number of disclosures referred to the Ombudsman for determination as to whether they are public interest disclosures;
• the number of disclosures determined by the public body to be public interest disclosures that it investigated during the year;
• the number and types of disclosed matters referred to the public body by the Ombudsman for investigation;
• the number and types of disclosures referred by the public body to the Ombudsman for investigation;
• the number and types of investigations taken over from the public body by the Ombudsman;
• the number and types of disclosed matters that the public body has declined to investigate;
• the number and types of disclosed matters that were substantiated upon investigation and the action taken on completion of the investigation; and
• any recommendations made by the Ombudsman that relate to the public body.

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Contiue to Section 5 - Process involved in receiving and assessing disclosures