39. The Chief Executive Officer may, for the following purposes, request information from such other bodies as he or she considers appropriate, including but not limited to the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland F7[and Taighde Éireann], as respects a body seeking funding or a funded body—

(a) in the case of a body seeking funding, to establish whether the body meets the criteria, terms and conditions in the funding framework, and

(b) in the case of a funded body, to ensure that the body continues to comply with the conditions of funding provided for in section 38.