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Paragraph 38 F1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Any communication made to or by a recognised body in the course of its acting as such for a client shall in any legal proceedings be privileged from disclosure in like manner as if the body had at all material times been a solicitor acting for the client.

(2)

Any enactment or instrument making special provision in relation to a solicitor or other legal representative as to the disclosure of information, or as to the production, seizure or removal of documents, with respect to which a claim to professional privilege could be maintained shall, with any necessary modications, have effect in relation to a recognised body as it has effect in relation to a solicitor.

(3)

F2In sections 748(4), 749 and 771(5) and (6) of the Income Tax Act 2007F3and section 832(5) and (6) of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 any reference to a solicitor's client shall, in relation to a solicitor who is an officer or employee of a recognised body, be construed as a reference to a client of that body.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

1989 NI 14

F2

Words in Sch. 1A para. 38(3) substituted (1.4.2010 with effect as mentioned in s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), ss. 374, 381(1), Sch. 8 para. 288 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)

F3

Words in Sch. 1A para. 38(3) inserted (1.4.2010 with effect as mentioned in s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 1177, 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 168 (with Sch. 2)

Notes on Schedule 1A

Modifications

C1

Sch. 1A applied (1.4.2025) by The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) (Extension to Switzerland etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/70), regs. 1, 5(2)(ss)