(1) The Commissioner shall, on receipt of a report transmitted to him or her in the manner specified in section 8 -
(a) acknowledge, in writing, to the reporting person receipt of transmission of the report not more than 7 days after receipt of it from a relevant Minister (within the meaning of section 8), save where the reporting person explicitly requested otherwise or the Commissioner reasonably believes that acknowledging receipt of the report would jeopardise the protection of the identity of the reporting person, and
(b) subject to subsection (3), within 14 days of receipt of the report, or, in exceptional circumstances, due to the nature and complexity of the report, within such extended period as the Commissioner considers reasonable in those circumstances -
(i) identify -
(I) such prescribed person or persons (other than the Commissioner) as the Commissioner considers appropriate, or
(II) an other suitable person other than a prescribed person (in this section referred to as a
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