PART 8Offences and penalties

CHAPTER 3Proceedings

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1

Relevant information may be used in evidence against the person to whom the information relates in criminal proceedings.

2

Where the information is used in proceedings other than for an offence under these Regulations or section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911 M1 (false statements made otherwise than on oath)—

a

no evidence relating to the information may be adduced by or on behalf of the prosecution, and

b

no question relating to the information may be asked by or on behalf of the prosecution.

3

Paragraph (2) does not apply if, in the proceedings—

a

evidence relating to the information is adduced by or on behalf of the person who provided it, or

b

a question relating to the information is asked by or on behalf of that person.

4

In this regulation, “relevant information” means—

a

information which is relevant information for the purposes of regulation 14;

b

information, or the answer to a question, given in response to a requirement imposed under regulation 36(1);

c

anything contained in a document or electronic records produced in response to a requirement imposed under paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 8.