28 (1) Information respecting an ongoing investigation or preliminary inquiries under this Act or the incident or matter that is the subject of an investigation or preliminary inquiries shall not be disclosed to any person, except as permitted or required by this Act, the Police Services Act or the regulations made under either of them, by, Note: On the later of the day section 1 of this Act comes into force and the day section 1 of Schedule 1 (Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019) to the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 comes into force, subsection 28 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “Police Services Act” and substituting “Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019” in the portion before clause (a). (See: 2019, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 40 (2)) (a)  a member of a police force; Note: On the later of the day section 1 of this Act comes into force and the day section 1 of Schedule 1 (Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019) to the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 comes into force, clause 28 (1) (a) of the Act is amended by striking out “police force” and substituting “police service”. (See: 2019, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 40 (1)) (b)  an official; or (c)  a designated authority. Exception, Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 (2) Despite subsection (1), a police officer appointed under the Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009
may disclose the information to his or her extra-provincial commander, and the chief of police of the police force of which such a police officer is a member may disclose the information to, (a)  the police officer’s extra-provincial commander; or (b)  if the investigation or preliminary inquiries relate to the police officer and the chief of police is not the police officer’s appointing official, the appointing official. Note: On the later of the day section 1 of this Act comes into force and the day section 1 of Schedule 1 (Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019) to the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 comes into force, subsection 28 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “police force” and substituting “police service”. (See: 2019, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 40 (1)) Certain disclosure permitted (3) Subsection (1) does not prevent, (a)  a police force from disclosing to a person that the SIU Director has been notified of an incident or matter involving an official who is a member of the police force and is making preliminary inquiries or conducting an investigation into it; and (b)  any disclosure authorized by the regulations that the SIU Director has been notified of an incident or matter involving an official who is not a member of a police force and is making preliminary inquiries or conducting an investigation into it. Note: On the later of the day section 1 of this Act comes into force and the day section 1 of Schedule 1 (Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019) to the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 comes into force, subsection 28 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “police force” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “police service”. (See: 2019, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 40 (1)) Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2019, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 40 (1, 2) - not in force