13Privilege

13 Privilege

13 Privilege

(1) A person being examined under section 12 is not excused from answering any question, or from producing any document or other thing, on the ground that—

(a) (Repealed)

(b) production of the document would be in breach of an obligation (whether imposed by an enactment or otherwise) of the person not to disclose the existence or contents of the document, or

(c) the answer or production would disclose information that is the subject of legal professional privilege.

(2) A statement or disclosure made by a person in answer to a question put in the course of an examination under section 12, or any document or other thing obtained as a consequence of the statement or disclosure, is not admissible against the person in any civil or criminal proceedings except proceedings that comprise—

(a) proceedings in respect of the false or misleading nature of a statement or disclosure made under this Act, or

(b) proceedings on an application under this Act, or

(c) proceedings ancillary to an application under this Act, or

(d) proceedings for enforcement of a confiscation order, or

(e) in the case of a document or other thing—civil proceedings for or in respect of a right or liability it confers or imposes.

(3), (4) (Repealed)

s 13: Am 1997 No 68, Sch 1 [23]–[26]; 2005 No 32, Sch 1 [17] [18].