Mr. William Beausang:

The issue is that the protected disclosure legislation is there to provide redress for people who have been penalised for making protected disclosures. Once one makes what one believes to be a disclosure and meets the requirements of the legislation, if one believes one has penalised, one has legal rights. Therefore, the question of whether the institution decides it is a protected disclosure is important from the point of view of its follow-on action in potentially deciding to investigate the matter.