24Privilege as regards information, documents etc

#### 24 Privilege as regards information, documents etc 24 Privilege as regards information, documents etc > > (1) This section applies where, under section 21 or 22, the Commission requires any person— > > > > > (a) to produce any statement of information, or > > > > > (b) to produce any document or other thing. > > > (2) The Commission shall set aside the requirement if it appears to the Commission that any person has a ground of privilege whereby, in proceedings in a court of law, the person might resist a like requirement and it does not appear to the Commission that the person consents to compliance with the requirement. > > > (3) The person must however comply with the requirement despite— > > > > > (a) any rule which in proceedings in a court of law might justify an objection to compliance with a like requirement on grounds of public interest, or > > > > > (b) any privilege of a public authority or public official in that capacity which the authority or official could have claimed in a court of law, or > > > > > (c) any duty of secrecy or other restriction on disclosure applying to a public authority or public official or a former public authority or public official. > > **s 24:** Am 2013 No 35, Sch 1 \[1\].