Companies Act 2006

[F1 1092C Privilege against self-incrimination U.K.

(1) A statement made by a person in response to a requirement under section 1092A may not be used against the person in criminal proceedings in which the person is charged with an offence to which this subsection applies.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to any offence other than—

(a) an offence under one of the following provisions (which concern false statements etc)—

(i) section 1112 or 1112A;

(ii) section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911;

(iii) section 44(2) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995;

(iv) Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1714 (N.I. 19));

(v) section 32 or 32A of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022;

(vi) section 34 or 35 of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907;

(b) any offence, not within paragraph (a), an element of which is the delivery to the registrar of a document, or the making of a statement to the registrar, that is misleading, false or deceptive.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1092A-1092C and cross-heading inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 83(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z25)