Part 8: Oversight arrangements Chapter 1: Investigatory Powers Commissioner and other Judicial Commissioners Section 237: Information gateway
This section allows people to provide information to a Judicial Commissioner, regardless of any other legal restrictions that might exist. This right extend to anyone working for a public authority, a communications service provider or indeed any member of the general public. This means that, for example, someone whose work relates to the use of investigatory powers may tell a Judicial Commissioner about their work, and any concerns they may have, without being censured for doing so. An exception to this is that the protections in the Data Protection Act 1998 still apply when information is provided to the IPC.