Commentary on Sections Information safeguards Section 12: Restrictions for legal professional privilege
41.This section provides that an order does not override legal professional privilege. Subsection (1) provides that an order cannot require its subject to answer a privileged question, provide privileged information or produce a privileged document. Subsections (2)–(4) state that these terms refer to a privilege which the subject would be able to rely on in the High Court. Subsection (5) provides that, notwithstanding the protection in subsection (1), an order may require a lawyer to provide the name and address of a client.