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Paragraph 17 I1C1C2

(1)

A file access notice does not require the document-holder to provide any part of a document that is privileged.

(2)

For the purposes of this paragraph a document is privileged if it is a document in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege, or (in Scotland) to confidentiality of communications between client and professional legal adviser, could be maintained in legal proceedings.

(3)

Regulations under paragraph 23 of Schedule 36 to FA 2008 (information powers: privileged communications) apply (with any necessary modifications) to disputes under this paragraph as to whether a document is privileged.

Annotations

Modifications

C1

Sch. 38 Pt. 3 applied (N.I.) by 1992 c. 8, s. 104ZA(2A) (as inserted (1.4.2013) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 38 para. 57; S.I. 2013/279, art. 2)

C2

Sch. 38 Pt. 3 applied (E.W.S.) by 1992 c. 5, s. 110ZA(2A) (as inserted (1.4.2013) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 38 para. 56; S.I. 2013/279, art. 2)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 38 para. 17 in force at 1.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/279, art. 2

Notes on Schedule 38

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 38 heading substituted (1.4.2026) by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 250(2), Sch. 22 para. 2

Modifications

C1

Sch. 38 applied by S.I. 2009/470, reg. 33(1) (as substituted (6.4.2013) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/607), regs. 1(1), 9)

C2

Sch. 38 applied (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Masters Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 24(2)

C3

Sch. 38 applied (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Masters Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 43(1)

C4

Sch. 38 applied (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment and Application of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/622), regs. 1, 41 (as amended (1.4.2026) by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 250(2), Sch. 22 para. 35)

Notes on Part 3

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Sch. 38 Pt. 3 heading substituted (1.4.2026) by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 250(2), Sch. 22 para. 7