Section 186 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in paragraph (b), by the deletion of "or",

(b) by the insertion of the following after paragraph (b):

"(ba) an authorised officer appointed under section 176B, or",

and

(c) by the substitution of "those functions relate to the supervision of personal insolvency practitioners in accordance with section 176A or to carrying out an investigation under this Part" for "those functions relate to carrying out an investigation under this Part".