The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 60:

"61. Privileged legal material

(1) Subject to subsection (2), nothing in this Act or a related enactment shall compel the disclosure by any person of privileged legal material or authorise the taking of privileged legal material.

(2) The disclosure of information may be compelled, or possession of it taken, pursuant to this Act or a related enactment, notwithstanding that it is apprehended that the information is privileged legal material, provided that the compelling of its disclosure or the taking of its possession is done by means whereby the confidentiality of the information can be maintained (as against the person compelling such disclosure or taking such possession) pending the determination by the High Court of the issue as to whether the information is privileged legal material.

(3) Without prejudice to subsection (4), where, in the circumstances referred to in subsection (2), information has been disclosed or taken possession of pursuant to this Act or a related enactment, the person -

(a) to whom such information has been so disclosed, or

(b) who has taken possession of it, shall (unless the person has, within the period subsequently mentioned in this subsection, been served with notice of an application under subsection (4) in relation to the matter concerned) apply to the High Court as soon as is reasonably practicable for a determination as to whether the information is privileged legal material.