If a person engaged under this Part to conduct an investigation is provided with further information that relates to the public interest complaint that is the subject of the investigation, the person conducting the investigation must—
(a) notify the further information to the Integrity and Oversight Committee; and
(b) state in the notification that the further information is to be treated as if it were a disclosure to which the protections under Part 6 apply.
Part 5—Notification of related disclosures made in course of investigation