(1) The information privacy commissioner may ask anyone to give the commissioner information so that the commissioner may deal with a privacy complaint.
(2) A public sector agency or public official for the agency must comply with a request made to the agency or official.
(3) In this section:
"public official", for a public sector agency, means a person who is or has been—
(a) an employee of the public sector agency; or
(b) a contractor, employee of a contractor or volunteer exercising a function of the public sector agency.