Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts(1) The fact that an entity provided information to the Board under section 48, 49 or 51 does not otherwise affect a claim of legal professional privilege that anyone may make in relation to that information in any proceedings:
(a) under any Commonwealth, State or Territory law (including the common law); or
(b) before a tribunal of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
(2) Despite subsection (1), this section does not apply to the following:
(a) the proceedings of a coronial inquiry or a Royal Commission in Australia;
(b) proceedings in a federal court exercising original jurisdiction in which a writ of mandamus or prohibition or an injunction is sought against an officer or officers of the Commonwealth.
Note: For federal court , see section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
(3) This section does not limit or affect any right, privilege or immunity that the entity has, apart from this section, as a defendant in any proceedings.