16.1. For the purposes of section 39 of the Act, the general director of investigations, inspections and public prosecutions, a senior director, an assistant senior director or a director who carries out duties at the Direction générale des enquêtes, de l’inspection et des poursuites pénales within the Agence du revenu du Québec is authorized to communicate information held by the Minister for the purposes of the Act to a member of a police force.