477   Privilege concerning answers and documents

(1)  A witness summoned to attend or appearing before the Pecuniary Interest Tribunal at a hearing is not excused from answering any question or producing any document or other thing:

(a)  on the ground that the answer or production may incriminate the witness, or

(b)  on any other ground of privilege, or

(c)  on the ground of a duty of secrecy or other restriction on disclosure, or

(d)  on any other ground.

(2)  An answer made, or document or other thing produced, by a witness at a hearing before the Pecuniary Interest Tribunal is not (except as otherwise provided by this section) admissible in evidence against the witness in any civil or criminal proceedings or in any disciplinary proceedings.

(3)  Nothing in this section makes inadmissible:

(a)  any answer, document or other thing in any civil or criminal proceedings or in any disciplinary proceedings if the witness does not object to giving the answer or producing the document or other thing irrespective of the provisions of subsection (1), or

(b)  any document in any civil proceedings for or in respect of any right or liability conferred or imposed by the document or other thing.

(4)  If:

(a)  a legal practitioner or other person is required to answer a question or produce a document or other thing at a hearing before the Pecuniary Interest Tribunal, and

(b)  the answer to the question would disclose, or the document or other thing contains, a privileged communication passing between the practitioner (in his or her capacity as a legal practitioner) and a person for the purpose of providing or receiving legal professional services in relation to the appearance, or reasonably anticipated appearance, of a person at a hearing before the Pecuniary Interest Tribunal,

      the legal practitioner or other person is entitled to refuse to comply with the requirement, unless the privilege is waived by a person having authority to do so.