This is a clarification, and it's also for your attention.
With respect to the matter that Mr. Walsh addressed on section 29, if you look at proposed section 31: The Commissioner shall retain all documents relating to a Member for a period of 12 months after he or she ceases to be a Member, after which the documents shall be destroyed unless there is an inquiry in progress under this Code concerning them or a charge has been laid against the Member under an Act of Parliament and the documents may relate to that matter.
It isn't necessarily clear, because of this section, that documents aren't indeed meant to be handed over if there is a referral of the matter. It may be that because the commissioner has the obligation to suspend the inquiry, for instance, but then may resume it if the investigation by the police is dropped, he can then continue with his inquiry. In that event, he still has the documents, even if over 12 months have passed.
It's not clear which of these is intended from this. The lack of clarity makes it difficult to interpret section 29.