(1) This section applies if a COI official of a Commission (the former COI official ):
(a) resigns in accordance with section 11; or
(b) is given a notice of termination under section 12; or
(c) dies.
(2) The appointing authority for the Commission may, by written instrument, appoint another person as a COI official of the Commission to replace the former COI official with effect from a specified date.
(3) If a person is appointed as a COI official of a Commission under subsection (2), that person may, for the purposes of exercising his or her powers or performing his or her functions as a COI official of the Commission, have regard to the COI records (if any) of the Commission.