(1) Other functions of the Commission are as follows--
(a) to gather and
assemble, during or after the discontinuance or completion of its
investigations, evidence that may be admissible in the prosecution of a person
for a criminal offence against a law of the State in connection with
corrupt conduct and to furnish such evidence to the Director of Public
Prosecutions,
(a1) to gather and assemble, during or after the discontinuance
or completion of an investigation into conduct under section 13A, evidence
that may be admissible in the prosecution of a person for a criminal offence
in connection with the conduct and to furnish such evidence to the Electoral
Commission and (if considered appropriate) to the Director of Public
Prosecutions,
(b) to furnish, during or after the discontinuance or
completion of its investigations, other evidence obtained in the course of its
investigations (being evidence that may be admissible in the prosecution of a
person for a criminal offence against a law of another State, the Commonwealth
or a Territory) to the Attorney General or to the appropriate authority of the
jurisdiction concerned.
(1A) Evidence of the kind referred to in subsection
(1) (a1) or (b) may be accompanied by any observations that the Commission
considers appropriate and (in the case of evidence furnished to the Attorney
General or the Electoral Commission) recommendations as to what action the
Commission considers should be taken in relation to the evidence.
(1B) A copy
or detailed description of any evidence furnished to the appropriate authority
of another jurisdiction, together with a copy of any accompanying
observations, is to be furnished to the Attorney General.
(2) If the
Commission obtains any information in the course of its investigations
relating to the exercise of the functions of a public authority, the
Commission may, if it considers it desirable to do so--
(a) furnish the
information or a report on the information to the authority or to the Minister
for the authority, and
(b) make to the authority or the Minister for the
authority such recommendations (if any) relating to the exercise of the
functions of the authority as the Commission considers appropriate.
(2A) A
copy of any information or report furnished to a public authority under
subsection (2), together with a copy of any such recommendation, is to be
furnished to the Minister for the authority.
(3) If the Commission furnishes
any evidence or information to a person under this section on the
understanding that the information is confidential, the person is subject to
the secrecy provisions of section 111 in relation to the information.