(1) A person who is an employee of the Commonwealth or a member of the Defence Force may do the following things in the performance of the person's duties as such an employee or such a member:
(a) use information contained in the COI records or COI report of a Commission;
(b) disclose:
(i) information contained in the COI records or COI report of a Commission; or
(ii) a document, a part of a document, or a copy of all or a part of a document, that forms part of the COI records or COI report of a Commission;
(c) copy a document, or a part of a document, that forms part of the COI records or COI report of a Commission.
(2) Subsection (1) applies despite any direction given under subsection 25(1).