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Enforcement: No single statutory enforcer
Status: In Force

The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA) amended the Employment Rights Act 1996 to protect workers who make qualifying disclosures (whistleblowing). There is no named regulator with enforcement powers over PIDA; individual workers enforce their rights by presenting claims to the Employment Tribunal. ACAS provides guidance and early conciliation, but neither ACAS nor any other body proactively enforces PIDA against employers. The legislation.gov.uk page and ACAS whistleblowing guidance confirm enforcement is exclusively via tribunal proceedings brought by the affected worker.

What it defines

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

18 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Protected disclosures.

s.002 Right not to suffer detriment.

s.003 Complaints to employment tribunal.

s.004 Limit on amount of compensation.

s.005 Unfair dismissal.

s.006 Redundancy.

s.007 Exclusion of restrictions on right not to be unfairly dismissed.

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s.009 Interim relief.

s.010 Crown employment.

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s.012 Work outside Great Britain.

s.013 Police officers.

s.014 Remedy for infringement of rights.

s.015 Interpretative provisions of 1996 Act.

s.016 Dismissal of those taking part in unofficial industrial action.

s.017 Corresponding provision for Northern Ireland.

s.018 Short title, interpretation, commencement and extent.

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