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The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/3265 · Made 7 December 2004

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Made 7th December 2004

Laid before Parliament 10th December 2004

Coming into force 1st January 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 43F of the Employment Rights Act 1996f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 18; section 43F was inserted by section 1 of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (c. 23).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 1999
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st January 2005.

2Amendment of the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 1999

In the Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 1999f1 at the appropriate place there shall be inserted the entry set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Signature

Hazel Blears

Minister of State

Home Office

7th December 2004

First ColumnSecond Column
Persons and descriptions of peopleDescriptions of matters
Independent Police Complaints Commission.Matters relating to the conduct of a person serving with the police (as defined in section 12(7) of the Police Reform Act 2002)f1 or of any other person in relation to whose conduct the Independent Police Complaints Commission exercises functions in or under any legislation.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 1999 by adding the Independent Police Complaints Commission to the list of prescribed persons in that Order. It also specifies the descriptions of matters in respect of which the Commission is prescribed.

The effect of this is that under Part IV A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 a worker will be protected from being subjected to any detriment if he makes a qualifying disclosure in good faith to the Commission, reasonably believing that the failure disclosed falls within the matters in respect of which the Commission is prescribed and that the information disclosed, and any allegation in it, are substantially true.