Cap. 527 Art. 20Regulations and guidelines.

(1) In addition to the matters on which the Minister is empowered to prescribe rules under the provisions of this Act, the Minister may from time to time make regulations, generally for the better implementation of this Act and to:

(i) establish the internal procedures which employers must have in operation for receiving and dealing with information about improper practices committed within or by that organisation;

(ii) establish the procedures which an authority in terms of the First Schedule needs to have in place to receive and process external disclosures;

(iii) lay down the rules for disclosure between the whistleblowing reports unit and the other departments within the authority of which the whistleblowing reports unit forms part;

(iv) set out the duties of communication between the whistleblowing reports unit and the whistleblower and the restrictions thereon; and

(v) lay down rules for the better implementation of this Act.

(2) An authority may, in furtherance of any of its functions under this Act, from time to time issue and publish guidelines on all matters in respect of which the Minister may issue regulations including guidelines setting out the procedures which are available in terms of law to those who wish to disclose an improper practice.

(3) Guidelines issued by an authority shall be binding on all organisations whose activities are regulated by such authority.

(4) Except for amendments to the guidelines which are purely administrative in nature, and are expressly declared to be so by the authority, which come into force immediately upon the posting thereof on the official website of the said authority, any new guidelines or amendments to guidelines shall come into force on the lapse of fifteen days after they are posted on the official website of the authority or on such later date as may be stated therein.