Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022

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Number 27 of 2022


PROTECTED DISCLOSURES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022


CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title and commencement

2. Definition

3. Repeals

PART 2

Amendments to Principal Act

Chapter 1

Application of Principal Act

4. Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act

5. Orders and regulations

6. Amendment of section 5 of Principal Act

7. Anonymous reports

Chapter 2

Internal and external reporting channels and follow-up

8. Amendment of section 6 of Principal Act

9. Internal reporting channels and procedures

10. Amendment of section 7 of Principal Act

11. External reporting channels and procedures

12. Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act

13. Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act

Chapter 3

Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner

14. Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner

15. Provisions relating to Protected Disclosures Commissioner

Chapter 4

Provisions applicable to internal and external reporting

16. Duty of confidentiality

17. Protection of identity of persons concerned

18. Data protection

19. Record keeping

20. Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 2014

Chapter 5

Protection measures

21. Amendment of section 12 of Principal Act

22. Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act

23. Tort action for damage caused by report of false information

24. Offences and penalties

25. Amendment of Schedule 2 to Principal Act

Chapter 6

Miscellaneous and supplementary

26. Provision for further review

27. Amendment of section 17 of Principal Act

28. Amendment of section 21 of Principal Act

29. Support measures

30. Information to Minister and reports

31. Interaction of Directive with other enactments

32. Transitional provisions

33. Annex to Directive

34. Amendment of Ombudsman Act 1980

35. Amendment of Workplace Relations Act 2015

SCHEDULE 1

Schedule 5 to Principal Act

SCHEDULE 2

Annex to Directive

SCHEDULE 3

Schedule 7 to Principal Act


Acts Referred to

Comptroller and Auditor General Acts 1866 to 1998

Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7)

Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018

European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27)

Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30)

Ombudsman Act 1980 (No. 26)

Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (No. 14)

Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 (No. 10)

Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16)

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Number 27 of 2022


PROTECTED DISCLOSURES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022


An Act to give effect to Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 20191 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law and for that purpose to amend and extend the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 ; to provide for the establishment of the Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner and to confer functions on it; to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2014 , the Ombudsman Act 1980 and the Workplace Relations Act 2015 ; and to provide for related matters.

[21st July, 2022]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

1 OJ No. L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17.