# The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2013, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 1999 (“the 1999 Schedule”).
The Employment Rights Act 1996 (“1996 Act”) provides protection for workers who suffer a detriment or are dismissed as a result of blowing the whistle by making a qualifying disclosure in accordance with any of sections 43C to 43H of the 1996 Act. (‘Qualifying disclosure’ has the meaning given in section 43B of the 1996 Act.) Section 43F of the 1996 Act provides that a qualifying disclosure will be protected if it is made to a prescribed person and relates to matters in respect of which that person is prescribed. The 1999 Schedule lists the prescribed persons and the matters in respect of which they are prescribed for the purposes of section 43F.
This Order amends the 1999 Schedule in three ways: to reflect changes made to policing governance arrangements in England and Wales by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011; to add health and social care professional regulatory bodies to the list of prescribed persons and amend existing entries for certain health and social care regulators; and to expand the description of matters in respect of which the Civil Aviation Authority is prescribed.
An Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as there will be no quantifiable impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2213/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-interest-disclosure-prescribed-persons-amendment-order-2013/note
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