49W.(1) The disclosure by a credit institution, IBRC or a special liquidator to the Agency or a subsidiary of the Agency, as the case may be, of information or records about a relevant residual matter, or about any person connected with a relevant residual matter, does not contravene any duty of confidentiality to which the credit institution, IBRC, the special liquidator, NAMA or a NAMA group entity or any other person is subject.

(2) The production by a person to the Agency or a subsidiary of the Agency, as the case may be, 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.

(3) In this section, "special liquidator" shall be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Act of 2013.]