Section 43F Disclosure to prescribed person.F1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

A qualifying disclosure is made in accordance with this section if the worker—

(a)

makes the disclosure F2 ... to a person prescribed by an order made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section, and

(b)

reasonably believes—

(i)

that the relevant failure falls within any description of matters in respect of which that person is so prescribed, and

(ii)

that the information disclosed, and any allegation contained in it, are substantially true.

(2)

An order prescribing persons for the purposes of this section may specify persons or descriptions of persons, and shall specify the descriptions of matters in respect of which each person, or persons of each description, is or are prescribed.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. IVA (ss. 43A-43L) inserted (2.7.1998 for specified purposes and otherwise 2.7.1999) by 1998 c. 23, s. 1; S.I. 1999/1547, art. 2
F2: Words in s. 43F(1)(a) omitted (25.6.2013) by virtue of Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 18(1)(c), 103(2) (with s. 24(6))

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Part 2B heading and s. 27C inserted (E.W.S.) (31.7.2023 for specified purposes, 1.10.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (c. 13), ss. 1, 14(2); S.I. 2023/876, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2024/829, reg. 3(a)