9(1)It shall be the duty of the Director, for the purpose of assisting the MMC in carrying out an investigation on a reference made to them under paragraph 4, to give to the MMC—
(a)any information which is in his possession and which relates to matters falling within the scope of the investigation, and which is either—
(i)requested by the MMC for that purpose, or
(ii)information which in his opinion it would be appropriate for that purpose to give to the MMC without any such request, and
(b)any other assistance which the MMC may require, and which it is within his power to give, in relation to any such matters;
and the MMC shall, for the purpose of carrying out any such investigation, take account of any information given to them for that purpose under this sub-paragraph.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) shall not affect the operation of paragraph 4(6).