---
title: "Allocation notice and notice to the discloser under the Public Interest Disclosure Act"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/whistleblowing-and-public-interest-disclosures/pid-allocation-and-discloser-notices"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a67-pid-allocation-and-discloser-notices"
area_id: "A67"
kind: "notice"
ai_level: "red"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A67-SB20261022-9", "A67-SB20261022-10", "A67-SB20261022-17"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Allocation notice and notice to the discloser under the Public Interest Disclosure Act

> Headings for the written notices in Public Interest Disclosure Act ss 44, 44A and 50. The Act does not call these notices an acknowledgement. The lawyer writes every sentence that is sent.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/whistleblowing-and-public-interest-disclosures/pid-allocation-and-discloser-notices  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Notice. A formal notice to serve or publish.
- Practice area: [Whistleblowing & Public Interest Disclosures](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/whistleblowing-and-public-interest-disclosures.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth
- AI level: Red. You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use after an authorised officer has decided to allocate a disclosure, or not to allocate it, under s 43, and when the principal officer must give the discloser the notice in s 50. Download the current Ombudsman notification form for the notice that goes to the Ombudsman.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare the allocation and investigation worksheet for a public-sector disclosure](https://ailawframework.com/practice/whistleblowing-and-public-interest-disclosures/prepare-the-allocation-and-investigation-worksheet-for-a-public-sector-d.md)
- [Prepare the written reasons for not allocating or not investigating a public-sector disclosure](https://ailawframework.com/practice/whistleblowing-and-public-interest-disclosures.md#A67-SB20261022-10)
- [Choose the Ombudsman notification for an allocation or investigation decision](https://ailawframework.com/practice/whistleblowing-and-public-interest-disclosures.md#A67-SB20261022-17)

## How AI may be used

AI may list the statutory items for the notice the lawyer has chosen and leave a blank for each. The lawyer writes the notice and sends it.

**AI may:**

- List the matters s 44(2), s 44A(3) or s 50 requires, matching the decision the lawyer has marked
- Mark the consent field for the discloser's name as blank until the lawyer records consent
- Note which Ombudsman form, if any, the tools page provides for the same decision

**AI must not:**

- Must not write the reasons, the description of the conduct, or any sentence that will be sent
- Must not insert the discloser's name or contact details
- Must not send the notice to the discloser, the principal officer, the Ombudsman or the IGIS

**The lawyer checks:**

- The decision is an allocation under s 43(3)(a), a decision not to allocate under s 43(3)(b), or a stop action direction, and the matching section is used
- The discloser's name and contact details are included only if they are known and the discloser consents
- A copy is given to the discloser under s 44(4) only if reasonably practicable
- The s 50 notice states the estimated length of the investigation where s 50(1)(a) applies
- The Ombudsman notification is the current form from the tools page, sent to the address on that page

## Authorities

- [Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (Cth), compilation C2026C00225, ss 44, 44A, 44B and 50](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2013A00133/latest)
- [Commonwealth Ombudsman, PID tools and resources (notification forms)](https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/complaints/public-interest-disclosure-whistleblowing/tools-and-resources)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/whistleblowing-and-public-interest-disclosures/pid-allocation-and-discloser-notices and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*