198Commission must give non-disclosure notice when

198 Commission must give non-disclosure notice when giving information (1) This section applies if the commission gives a person information (a) section 72 (Commission must keep complainant informed); or (b) section 73 (Commission must keep referring entity informed); or (c) section 74 (Commission must keep notifier informed); or (d) section 188 (2), (3) or (6) (Investigation report—comments on (e) section 197 (1) (Information about investigation may be given to certain people); or

(f) section 212 (2), (3) or (6) (Special report—comments on (g) section 224 (2), (3) or (6) (Commission annual report— comments on proposed reports). (2) The commission must also give the person a notice (a non-disclosure notice) about the information, setting out the following: (a) that disclosure of the information may be an offence and (b) that certain kinds of disclosures may be permitted disclosures; Note Permitted disclosure—see s 199. (c) a statement of the permitted disclosures and any prohibited Note Prohibited disclosure—see s (3). (d) an explanation of the effect of section 200 (Non-disclosure notices—expiry). (3) However, the commission need not give a person a non-disclosure notice if the commission is only— (a) telling the person that their corruption complaint is dismissed under section 72 (1) (a), section 73 (a) or section 74 (a); or (b) giving the person information about the progress of an investigation under section 72 (1) (c) or section 74 (c), and the (i) has previously given the person information about the progress of the investigation, including a non-disclosure notice about the information, and the non-disclosure notice has not expired or been revoked; and

(ii) tells the person that the previous non-disclosure notice continues to operate, and also applies to the new Note The commission must give the person a progress update at least once every 3 months under s 72 (1) (c) and s 74 (c). (4) In preparing a non-disclosure notice about the information, the commission may decide that a certain kind of permitted disclosure of the information must be prohibited (a prohibited disclosure) because the disclosure would be likely to prejudice—