22. On receipt of a disclosure by an employee, the designated officer, as the case may be,1° verifies whether a wrongdoing has been committed or is about to be committed;
2° forwards the disclosure to the Public Protector if, in the officer’s opinion, the Public Protector, given the circumstances, is better suited to deal with it and notifies the employee accordingly; or
3° puts an end to the processing or examination of the disclosure in any of the cases and in accordance with the conditions set out in section 12.