SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Community interest companies: investigations

Privileged information

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1

Nothing in paragraph 1 requires a person to produce a document or provide information in respect of which a claim could be maintained—

a

in an action in the High Court, to legal professional privilege, or

b

in an action in the Court of Session, to confidentiality of communications,

but a person who is a lawyer may be required to provide the name and address of his client.

2

Nothing in paragraph 1 requires a person carrying on the business of banking to produce a document, or provide information, relating to the affairs of a customer unless a requirement to produce the document, or provide the information, has been imposed on the customer under that paragraph.