In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “appropriate person” means—

  1. a

     the procurator fiscal, in relation to a confiscation investigation or a money laundering investigation,

  2. b

     the Scottish Ministers, in relation to a civil recovery investigation;

  references to a “constable” include references to a customs and excise officer;

• “legal privilege” means protection in legal proceedings from disclosure, by virtue of any rule of law relating to the confidentiality of communications; and “items subject to legal privilege” are—

  1. a

     communications between a professional legal adviser and his client, or

  2. b

     communications made in connection with or in contemplation of legal proceedings and for the purposes of those proceedings,

  which would be so protected.

• “premises” include any place and, in particular, include—

  1. a

     any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft;

  2. b

     any offshore installation within the meaning of section 1 of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 (c. 61) and any tent or movable structure;

• “proper person” means—

  1. a

     a constable, in relation to a confiscation investigation or a money laundering investigation;

  2. b

     the Scottish Ministers or a person named by them, in relation to a civil recovery investigation.