102Legal professional privilege

102 Legal professional privilege

(1) Information or a document that was given to the Inspector‑General for the purposes of a review must not be made publicly available, or included in a review report, if the information or document is: (a) the subject of legal professional privilege; or (b) derived from information or a document that is the subject of legal professional privilege. (2) Despite subsection (1), the Inspector‑General may include in information or a document that is made publicly available, or in a review report, a statement: (a) that legal advice contained in information or a document that was given to the Inspector‑General for the purposes of a review was considered in the course of the review; and (b) outlining, in general terms, the relevance of that advice, or of any aspect of it, to the review. (3) If a statement relating to legal advice is included in information or a document, or a review report, under subsection (2), the advice does not cease to be the subject of legal professional privilege merely because: (a) the statement is included in the information or document or review report; or (b) in the case of a statement that is included in a review report: (i) the report is given to the Director of Biosecurity or the Agriculture Minister; or (ii) the report is published under subsection 97(4).