44Disclosure or provision of information by commissioners or authorised persons

44 Disclosure or provision of information by commissioners or authorised persons (1) A commissioner or a person authorised by a commissioner may at any time provide or disclose any information referred to in section 43, or give any document or other thing, to any person or body if the commissioner or authorised person— (a) considers that the information, document or other thing is relevant to the performance of the functions of the person or body; and (2) If a document or other thing is given to a person or body under subsection (1), the person or body must, at the request of a Royal Commission officer, return the document or other thing if it ceases to be reasonably necessary for the person or body to retain the document or other thing for the purposes for which it was given to the person or body.