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Protected Disclosures Act, 2000 (Act No. 26 of 2000)

10. Regulations

 

(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for the Public Service and Administration, by notice in the Gazette make regulations regarding—
(a) for the purposes of section 8(1), matters which, in addition to the legislative provisions pertaining to such functionaries, may in the ordinary course be referred to any of the persons or bodies referred to in section 8(1);
(b) any administrative or procedural matter necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act; and
(c) any other matter which is required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed.

[Section 10(1)(a) substituted by section 21 of the Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2023, Notice No. 4597, GG50430, dated 3 April 2024]

 

(2) Any regulation made for the purposes of section 8(1)(c) must specify persons or bodies and the descriptions of matters in respect of which each person or body is prescribed.

 

(3) Any regulation made in terms of this section must be submitted to Parliament before publication thereof in the Gazette.

 

(4)
(a) The Minister must, after consultation with the Minister for the Public Service and Administration, issue practical guidelines which explain the provisions of this Act and all procedures which are available in terms of any law to employees or workers who wish to report or otherwise remedy an impropriety.

[Section 10(4)(a) substituted by section 11 of Notice No. 768, GG 41016, dated 2 August 2017]

(b) The guidelines referred to in paragraph (a) must be approved by Parliament before publication in the Gazette.
(c) All organs of state must give to every employee or worker a copy of the guidelines referred to in paragraph (a) or must take reasonable steps to bring the relevant notice to the attention of every employee or worker.

[Section 10(4)(c) substituted by section 11 of Notice No. 768, GG 41016, dated 2 August 2017]