(1) A person may not be required under this Part to produce, disclose or permit the inspection of protected items.

(2) "Protected items" means -

(a) communications between a professional legal adviser and that adviser's client or any person representing such a client which fall within subsection (3),

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

(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 purposes 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.