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78 Legal professional privilege and client legal privilege

It is a reasonable excuse for a person to refuse or fail to give information or do any other thing that the person is required to do by or under Part 2, 3, 4 or 5 or section 129, or by or under a search warrant or investigation hearing notice issued under Division 3 or 4 of Part 5 if the giving of the information or the doing of that other thing would be a breach of legal professional privilege or client legal privilege.

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