Subsection (4) applies only if the person concerned -
(a) disclosed the information concerned to -
(i) a committee of Parliament or of a provincial legislature;
(ii) an organ of state responsible for protecting any aspect of the environment or emergency services;
(iii) the Public Protector;
(iv) the Human Rights Commission;
(v) any attorney-general or his or her successor;
(vi) more than one of the bodies or persons referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (v);
(b) disclosed the information concerned to one or more news media and on clear and convincing grounds believed at the time of the disclosure -
(i) that the disclosure was necessary to avert an imminent and serious threat to the environment, to
ensure that the threat to the environment was properly and timeously investigated or to protect himself or herself against serious or irreparable harm from reprisals; or
(ii) giving due weight to the importance of open, accountable and participatory administration, that the public interest in disclosure of the information clearly outweighed any need for nondisclosure;
(c) disclosed the information concerned substantially in accordance with any applicable external or internal procedure, other than the procedure contemplated in paragraph (a) or (b), for reporting or otherwise remedying the matter concerned; or
(d) disclosed information which, before the time of the disclosure of the information, had become available to the public, whether in the Republic or elsewhere.
