198.— (1) Disclosure by a credit institution to NAMA or the NTMA of information or records about a bank asset, or about any person connected with a bank asset, made on or after 30 July 2009, does not contravene any duty of confidentiality to which the credit institution or any other person is subject.

(2) The production by a person to NAMA, a NAMA group entity or the NTMA of a document that a person could not have been compelled to produce to a court on the grounds of legal professional privilege does not constitute a waiver of that privilege from production in relation to the document.