Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992

[F1 24ZK Sections 24ZH and 24ZI: supplementary E+W+S

(1) Nothing in section 24ZH or 24ZI requires or authorises anyone to require—

(a) the disclosure by a person of information which the person would in an action in the court be entitled to refuse to disclose on grounds of legal professional privilege, or

(b) the production by a person of a document which the person would in such an action be entitled to refuse to produce on such grounds.

(2) But a lawyer may be required under section 24ZH or 24ZI to disclose the name and address of the lawyer's client.

(3) A person is not excused from providing an explanation or making a statement in compliance with a requirement imposed under section 24ZH(5) or 24ZI(3) on the ground that to do so would tend to expose the person to proceedings for an offence.

(4) But an explanation so provided or a statement so made may only be used in evidence against the person by whom it is provided or made on a prosecution for an offence where, in giving evidence, the person makes a statement inconsistent with it.

(5) In this section and in sections 24ZH and 24ZI—

(a) references to documents include information recorded in any form, and

(b) in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, references to its production are to the production of a copy of the information in legible form.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 24ZH-24ZK inserted (1.6.2016) by Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 (c. 4), ss. 42(2), 45(1)(c); S.I. 2015/717, art. 4(a)