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43. After section 65, there is inserted—
(1) A person shall not be required, by virtue of any provision of section 62B or 63, to produce or disclose a privileged communication.
(2) “Privileged communication” means a communication—
(a)between a professional legal adviser and his client, or
(b)made in connection with, or in contemplation of, legal proceedings and for the purposes of those proceedings,
which in proceedings in the High Court would be protected from disclosure on grounds of legal professional privilege.
(3) In the application of this section to Scotland—
(a)the reference to the High Court is to be read as a reference to the Court of Session; and
(b)the reference to legal professional privilege is to be read as a reference to confidentiality of communications.
A statement made by a person in response to a requirement imposed by virtue of section 62B or 63 may not be used in evidence against him on a prosecution for an offence under section 188 of the Enterprise Act 2002 unless, in the proceedings—
(a)in giving evidence, he makes a statement inconsistent with it, and
(b)evidence relating to it is adduced, or a question relating to it is asked, by him or on his behalf.”.
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