Section 311 — Pensions Act 2004: Protected items

Protected items 311 1 A person may not be required under or by virtue of this Act to produce, disclose or permit the inspection of protected items.

2 For this purpose “ protected items ” means—

a communications between a professional legal adviser and his client or any person representing his client which fall within subsection (3);

b communications between a professional legal adviser, his client or any person representing his client and any other person which fall within subsection (3) (as a result of paragraph (b) of that subsection);

c items which—

i are enclosed with, or referred to in, such communications, ii fall within subsection (3), and iii are in the possession of a person entitled to possession of them.

3 A communication or item falls within this subsection if it is made—

a in connection with the giving of legal advice to the client, or b in connection with, or in contemplation of, legal proceedings and for the purpose of those proceedings.

4 A communication or item is not a protected item if it is held with the intention of furthering a criminal purpose.