# Limited waiver of legal professional privilege

> act-s486H — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

486H Limited waiver of legal professional privilege
          (1) If, in proceedings to determine whether an order under
              section 486F should be made:
                (a) a person wishes to produce a document, record or
                     information for the purpose of arguing why an order under
                     section 486F should not be made; and
                (b) to do so would, but for this section, deny legal professional
                     privilege to any person entitled to claim it;
              the person may produce the document, record or information for
              that purpose.
          (2) However:
               (a) the document, record or information does not cease to be
                   subject to legal professional privilege for any other purpose,
                   or in any other circumstances; and
               (b) the court must make any orders necessary to ensure that legal
                   professional privilege is protected for other purposes and in
                   other circumstances.
          (3) Nothing in this section prevents a person who is entitled to claim
              legal professional privilege in relation to the document, record or
              information, from waiving that privilege.
          (4) In this section:
               legal professional privilege includes privilege (however described)
               under any provision of Division 1 of Part 3.10 of the Evidence Act
               1995.