Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00098:section:31
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00098
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 31
Character Range: 57217–58238

31  Legal professional privilege
 (1) The fact that a reporting business entity provided information in a ransomware payment report does not otherwise affect a claim of legal professional privilege that anyone may make in relation to that information in any proceedings:
 (a) under any Commonwealth, State or Territory law (including the common law); or
 (b) before a tribunal of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
 (2) Despite subsection (1), this section does not apply to the following:
 (a) the proceedings of a coronial inquiry or a Royal Commission in Australia;
 (b) proceedings in a federal court exercising original jurisdiction in which a writ of mandamus or prohibition or an injunction is sought against an officer or officers of the Commonwealth.
Note: For federal court, see section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
 (3) This section does not limit or affect any right, privilege or immunity that the reporting business entity has, apart from this section, as a defendant in any proceedings.