Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00829:reg:102
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00829
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 102
Character Range: 176891–178238

102  Legal professional privilege
 (1) Information or a document that was given to the Inspector‑General for the purposes of a review must not be made publicly available, or included in a review report, if the information or document is:
 (a) the subject of legal professional privilege; or
 (b) derived from information or a document that is the subject of legal professional privilege.
 (2) Despite subsection (1), the Inspector‑General may include in information or a document that is made publicly available, or in a review report, a statement:
 (a) that legal advice contained in information or a document that was given to the Inspector‑General for the purposes of a review was considered in the course of the review; and
 (b) outlining, in general terms, the relevance of that advice, or of any aspect of it, to the review.
 (3) If a statement relating to legal advice is included in information or a document, or a review report, under subsection (2), the advice does not cease to be the subject of legal professional privilege merely because:
 (a) the statement is included in the information or document or review report; or
 (b) in the case of a statement that is included in a review report:
 (i) the report is given to the Director of Biosecurity or the Agriculture Minister; or
 (ii) the report is published under subsection 97(4).