84. A person who gives evidence to a panel of inquiry or the Judicial Conduct Committee, or who produces or sends a document to a panel of inquiry or the Judicial Conduct Committee, as directed by the panel of inquiry or the Judicial Conduct Committee, as the case may be—

(a) has the same immunities and privileges in respect of that evidence or those documents, and

(b) is, in addition to the penalties provided by this Act, subject to the same liabilities,

as a witness in proceedings in the High Court.