109Referral to referral entity—withdrawal of referral

109 Referral to referral entity—withdrawal of referral (1) This section applies if the commission refers a corruption report to any of the following referral entities: (a) the head of service; (b) a director-general; (c) a statutory office-holder other than— (i) an officer of the Assembly; or (ii) a member of the human rights commission; or (iii) the public sector standards commissioner. (2) The commission may, at any time— (a) decide to investigate the corruption report; and (b) by written notice to the referral entity (a withdrawal notice), withdraw the referral. (3) If a referral entity receives a withdrawal notice, the referral entity must— (a) cease its investigation of the referred corruption report; and

(b) give the commission any evidence the referral entity has in its possession or control that relates to the referred corruption (c) cooperate with the commission, and give all reasonable assistance requested by the commission, in relation to the referred corruption report.