Notice of potentially privileged material
86 Notice of potentially privileged material
(1) An authorised officer who intends to inspect or view an item the officer considers likely to be the subject of privilege (other than parliamentary privilege) must give reasonable notice to the apparent claimant of the officer's intention.
Subsection (1) does not prevent the authorised officer from:
(a) seizing or copying an item without viewing any part of it likely to be the subject of privilege; or
(b) inspecting or viewing an item using a method reasonably designed to avoid viewing any part of it likely to be the subject of privilege.
(3) An authorised officer who intends to inspect, copy or seize, or require a person searched to surrender, an item that the officer considers likely to be the subject of parliamentary privilege must give reasonable notice to the Clerk of the officer's intention.
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