The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law. (a)  the person uses or discloses hearing material (whether or not the person is the first to do so); and                     (b)  the use or disclosure contravenes a direction given under subsection (1) about the hearing material; and                     (c)  the use or disclosure is not under subsection (4) or (5) or paragraph 96AB(1)(b).Penalty:  Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both. (4)  Subsection (1) or (2) applies whether the disclosure is:                     (a)  a pre‑charge disclosure of the material; or                     (b)  a post‑charge disclosure of:                              (i)  pre‑charge hearing material; or                             (ii)  derivative material obtained from pre‑charge hearing material (whether from a pre‑charge use of the hearing material or otherwise); or                     (c)  a post‑charge disclosure of:                              (i)  post‑charge hearing material; or                             (ii)  derivative material obtained from post‑charge hearing material;and whether or not an order has been made under subsection 96AD(1). (7)  If the Integrity Commissioner is conducting a public inquiry, the record of the hearing must include:                     (a)  any document produced to the Integrity Commissioner at the hearing; or                     (b)  a description of any thing (other than a document) produced to the Integrity Commissioner at the hearing;unless the Integrity Commissioner directs otherwise. The Integrity Commissioner may request details of actions that the agency plans to take in response to the Integrity Commissioner’s recommendations. The strict provision of this Clause is to ensure the admissibility of evidence obtained and further, to protect the Commonwealth from being exposed to an action for damages in relation to premises and persons searched and items seized.Clause 122: Use of equipment to examine or process thingsAn Authorised or Assisting Officer may bring any equipment necessary to examine and process things to determine if they may be seized under the warrant. (2)  The head of a law enforcement agency may keep a person (or a representative nominated by the person) informed of the progress of the agency’s investigation of a corruption issue:                     (a)  referred to the agency under paragraph 26(1)(b) or (c); and                     (b)  raised by the person in a referral under section 23.Reporting by Commonwealth government agencies at end of investigations             (1)  After a Commonwealth government agency completes:                     (a)  an investigation of a corruption issue; or                     (b)  a further investigation of a corruption issue recommended by the Integrity Commissioner under section 67;the head of the agency must cause a report on the investigation to be prepared. (5)  Compensation is payable out of money appropriated by the Parliament. The sum of the periods for which the Integrity Commissioner holds office must not exceed 7 years. In circumstances where an Assistant Integrity Commissioner appointed is a Judge, he or she must be appointed on a full-time basis and if he or she is a Judge of a State or Territory, the Governor-General may enter into an arrangement with the Governor of that State or the Administrator of that Territory, securing the Judge’s services, including an arrangement for the State or Territory to be reimbursed by the Commonwealth. (3)  To avoid doubt, if a corruption issue is investigated jointly by the Integrity Commissioner and a government agency, any information that a staff member of ACLEI acquires in the course of participating the joint investigation is taken:                     (a)  to have been acquired by the staff member because of his or her being a staff member of ACLEI; and                     (b)  to have been disclosed or obtained under the provisions of, or for the purposes of, this Act.Purposes connected with Integrity Commissioner’s functions and powers             (1)  Subsection 207(1) does not prevent a person from making a record of information, or divulging or communicating information, if the person:                     (a)  acquired the information in the performance of his or her duties as a staff member of ACLEI; and                     (b)  makes the record, or divulges or communicates the information:                              (i)  for the purposes of a corruption investigation; or                             (ii)  for purposes otherwise connected with the exercise of the powers, or the performance of the functions, of the Integrity Commissioner under this Act; and                     (c)  to the extent that the information is hearing material or derivative material—divulges or communicates the material in accordance with:                              (i)  any direction given under subsection 90(1) (about confidentiality for hearings); and                             (ii)  Subdivision EAA of Division 2 of Part 9.Note:          A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (1): see subsection 13.3(3) of the              (2)  Without limiting subsection (1), subsection 207(1) does not prevent a person from communicating information to another person if:                     (a)  the person acquired the information in the performance of his or her duties as a staff member of ACLEI; and                     (b)  a provision of this Act requires or permits the Integrity Commissioner to communicate that information to the other person; and                     (c)  to the extent that the information is hearing material or derivative material—the person communicates the material in accordance with:                              (i)  any direction given under subsection 90(1) (about confidentiality for hearings); and                             (ii)  Subdivision EAA of Division 2 of Part 9.Note 1:       Various provisions in this Act require information sharing in relation to a corruption issue: see, for example, sections 44, 50 and 70.Note 2:       A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2): see subsection 13.3(3) of the              (3)  Subsection 207(1) does not prevent the Integrity Commissioner from disclosing information to the following heads of agencies:                     (a)  the Commonwealth Ombudsman;                     (b)  an Ombudsman of a State or Territory;                     (c)  the head of a law enforcement agency;                     (d)  the head of a police force of a State or Territory;                     (e)  the head of an integrity agency for a State or Territory;                      (f)  the head of another government agency;                     (g)  the Integrity Commissioner is satisfied that, having regard to the functions of the agency concerned, it is appropriate to do so; and                     (h)  to the extent that the information is hearing material or derivative material—the Integrity Commissioner discloses the material in accordance with:                              (i)  any direction given under subsection 90(1) (about confidentiality for hearings); and                             (ii)  Subdivision EAA of Division 2 of Part 9.Note:          A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Integrity Commissioner to be satisfied that confidentiality regime in place             (4)  If the Integrity Commissioner proposes to disclose information to a person under subsection (3), the Integrity Commissioner must satisfy himself or herself that a law of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory makes provision corresponding to the provision made by section 207 and this section with respect to the confidentiality of information acquired by that person.