Privileged communications
42Communications between an applicant for legal aid services or a holder of a legal aid certificate, on the one hand, and the Executive Director, a member of the Board, a member of the Legal Aid Committee, a duty counsel, a member of an area committee, an employee or a person appointed or contracted with under section 14, on the other hand, which would be privileged if made between a client and his or her lawyer, are privileged in the same manner and to the same extent as lawyer and client communications.