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Employment Rights Act 1996

Part IVA Protected disclosures

  • Section 43A Meaning of “protected disclosure”.
  • Section 43B Disclosures qualifying for protection.
  • Section 43C Disclosure to employer or other responsible person.
  • Section 43D Disclosure to legal adviser.
  • Section 43E Disclosure to Minister of the Crown.
  • Section 43F Disclosure to prescribed person.
  • Section 43FA Prescribed persons: duty to report on disclosures of information
  • Section 43G Disclosure in other cases.
  • Section 43H Disclosure of exceptionally serious failure.
  • Section 43J Contractual duties of confidentiality.
  • Section 43K Extension of meaning of “worker” etc. for Part IVA.
  • Section 43KA Application of this Part and related provisions to police
  • Section 43L Other interpretative provisions.
  1. Part IVA
  2. Other interpretative provisions.

Section 43L | Other interpretative provisions. F1

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)In this Part—F1F2

“ qualifying disclosure ” has the meaning given by section 43B;

“ the relevant failure ”, in relation to a qualifying disclosure, has the meaning given by section 43B(5);

“sexual harassment” means harassment of the kind described in section 26(2) of the Equality Act 2010 (unwanted conduct of a sexual nature).

(2)In determining for the purposes of this Part whether a person makes a disclosure for purposes of personal gain, there shall be disregarded any reward payable by or under any enactment.F1

(3)Any reference in this Part to the disclosure of information shall have effect, in relation to any case where the person receiving the information is already aware of it, as a reference to bringing the information to his attention.F1

Notes

  1. 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

  2. F2

    Words in s. 43L(1) inserted (6.4.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 23(3), 159(3); S.I. 2026/323, reg. 3(1)(2)

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