Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 12:00 pm ar 29 Ionawr 2002.
The clause is carefully worded and refers to material that contains only the client's name and address and precludes other legally privileged information being seen by an investigator. Clause 350(1) refers to disclosure orders and requires a lawyer to produce information about names and addresses. It will go no wider than that. The basic point, which has emerged in discussions about other parts of the Bill, is that the same powers already exist, albeit in a broader context. The powers already applied to disclosure orders and they now apply to production orders as well, but there is no intention to provide material that contains anything other than the client's name and address.