Intelligence Commissioner Act (S.C. 2019, c. 13, s. 50)

Marginal note:Disclosure of information to Commissioner

25 Despite any other Act of Parliament and any privilege under the law of evidence and subject to section 26, the following persons or bodies may — for the purpose of assisting the Commissioner in the exercise of his or her powers and the performance of his or her duties and functions — disclose to the Commissioner any information that is not directly related to a specific review under any of sections 13 to 19:

• (a) the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness;

• (b) the Minister, as defined in section 2 of the Communications Security Establishment Act;

• (c) the Canadian Security Intelligence Service; and

• (d) the Communications Security Establishment.

Marginal note:No entitlement

26 The Commissioner is not entitled to have access to information that is a confidence of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada the disclosure of which could be refused under section 39 of the Canada Evidence Act.