30 Privileged communications.U.K.
(1)A person shall not be required, under any provision of this Part, to produce or disclose a privileged communication.
(2)“Privileged communication” means a communication—
(a)between a professional legal adviser and his client, or
(b)made in connection with, or in contemplation of, legal proceedings and for the purposes of those proceedings,
which in proceedings in the High Court would be protected from disclosure on grounds of legal professional privilege.
(3)In the application of this section to Scotland—
(a)references to the High Court are to be read as references to the Court of Session; and
(b)the reference to legal professional privilege is to be read as a reference to confidentiality of communications.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 30 applied (prosp.) by Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (c. 46), s. 9C(2) (as inserted (prosp.) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 204(2), 279)
C2Ss. 26-30 applied by 1986 c. 46, s. 9C(2) (as inserted (20.6.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 204(2), 279; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch.)
C3Ss. 26-30 applied by S.I. 2002/3150 (N.I. 4), art. 13C(2) (as inserted (19.12.2005) by The Company Directors Disqualification (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1454), arts. 1(3), 3; S.R. 2005/514, art. 2)