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ACT
Unit: PAG2
Rev RA Proof, 29.11.2000
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Sch. 3
(b) any communication between a professional legal adviser and his client,
or between such an adviser or his client and any other person, made in
connection with or in contemplation of proceedings under or arising
out of this Act (including proceedings before the Tribunal) and for the
purposes of such proceedings.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) applies also to—
(a) any copy or other record of any such communication as is there
mentioned, and
(b) any document or article enclosed with or referred to in any such
communication if made in connection with the giving of any advice or,
as the case may be, in connection with or in contemplation of and for
the purposes of such proceedings as are there mentioned.
(3) This paragraph does not apply to anything in the possession of any person
other than the professional legal adviser or his client or to anything held with the
intention of furthering a criminal purpose.
(4) In this paragraph references to the client of a professional legal adviser
include references to any person representing such a client.
10. If the person in occupation of any premises in respect of which a warrant
is issued under this Schedule objects to the inspection or seizure under the
warrant of any material on the grounds that it consists partly of matters in
respect of which those powers are not exercisable, he shall, if the person executing
the warrant so requests, furnish that person with a copy of so much of the
material in relation to which the powers are exercisable.
Return of warrants
11. A warrant issued under this Schedule shall be returned to the court from
which it was issued—
(a) after being executed, or
(b) if not executed within the time authorised for its execution;
and the person by whom any such warrant is executed shall make an
endorsement on it stating what powers have been exercised by him under the
warrant.
Offences
12. Any person who—
(a) intentionally obstructs a person in the execution of a warrant issued
under this Schedule, or
(b) fails without reasonable excuse to give any person executing such a
warrant such assistance as he may reasonably require for the execution
of the warrant,
is guilty of an offence.
Vessels, vehicles etc.
13. In this Schedule “premises” includes any vessel, vehicle, aircraft or
hovercraft, and references to the occupier of any premises include references to
the person in charge of any vessel, vehicle, aircraft or hovercraft.
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