Brendan Ryan (Labour)

I move amendment No. 83:

In page 60, between lines 49 and 50, to insert the following subsection:

"(7) Documents subject to legal professional privilege shall not be liable to production under this section.".

This amendment is part of the section that deals with authorised officers and the powers to call for production of documents and so on. Our advice is that the insertion of subsection (7) would ensure the authorised officers' power is constitutional and this clause is designed to protect the Minister from any possible constitutional challenge. I ask for the Minister's comments on this matter.