(2) A person to whom this section applies is under a duty to report to
the Commission any matter that the person suspects on reasonable grounds
concerns or may concern corrupt conduct.
(3) The Commission may issue guidelines as to what matters
need or need not be reported.
(3A) A Minister of the Crown who is under a
duty under this section to report a matter may (despite subsection (2)) report
the matter either to the Commission or to the head of any agency responsible
to the Minister.
(4) This section has effect despite any duty of secrecy or
other restriction on disclosure.
(5) The regulations may prescribe who is the
principal officer of a public authority, but in the absence of regulations
applying in relation to a particular public authority, the principal officer
is the person who is the head of the authority, its most senior officer or the
person normally entitled to preside at its meetings.
(6) The regulations may
prescribe the principal officer of a separate office within a public authority
as the principal officer of the public authority in relation to matters
concerning the separate office.