Section 312O — Crimes Act 1961: Privileged evidence

312O Privileged evidence Where evidence obtained by the interception of a private communication would, but for the interception, have been privileged by virtue of— (a) Any of the provisions of Part 3 of the Evidence Amendment Act (No 2) 1980 ; or (b) Any rule of law that confers privilege on communications of a professional character between a barrister or solicitor and a client,— such evidence shall remain privileged and shall not be given in any Court, except with the consent of the person entitled to waive that privilege. Part 11A, comprising sections 312A to 312Q, was inserted, as from 1 August 1987, by section 4 Crimes Amendment Act (No 2) 1987 (1987 No 167).