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.
[F1(1A)Nothing in section 28 or 28A authorises an officer to produce or take possession of, or make copies of or take extracts from, anything which, by virtue of subsection (1), a person could not be required to produce or disclose under this Part.]
(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.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 30(1A) inserted (1.1.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), ss. 122(7), 339(1); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2) (with Sch. para. 1, 20)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 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.)
C2Ss. 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)