16. (1) Where the Minister F15[or the Minister for Education] has appointed a person to examine or inquire into any matter, and considers that any information or document that has been furnished under section 14 or 15 may be relevant to that examination or inquiry, the Minister F15[or the Minister for Education, as the case may be,] may furnish that information or document to that person, and that person may receive that information or document.

(2) Nothing contained in an enactment, and no rule of law, which would require obtaining the consent of another person in order for the Minister F15[or the Minister for Education] to furnish a person referred to in subsection (1) with any information or document referred to in section 14 or 15, shall operate to prohibit or render unlawful such furnishing, notwithstanding that no such consent has been obtained.

(3) Nothing contained in an enactment, and no rule of law, relating to the non-disclosure or confidentiality of any information or document, shall operate to prohibit the Minister F15[or the Minister for Education] from furnishing a person referred to in subsection (1) with information or documents referred to in section 14 or 15.