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12(1)The Secretary of State may impose a requirement for the individual—
(a)to participate in polygraph sessions conducted with a view to—
(i)monitoring the individual’s compliance with other specified measures;
(ii)assessing whether any variation of the specified measures is necessary for purposes connected with preventing or restricting the individual’s involvement in foreign power threat activity,
(b)to participate in those polygraph sessions at such times as may be specified in instructions given by the Secretary of State, and
(c)while participating in a polygraph session, to comply with instructions given to the individual by the polygraph operator.
(2)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision relating to the conduct of polygraph sessions, which may include in particular—
(a)provision requiring polygraph operators to be persons who satisfy such requirements as to qualifications, experience and other matters as are specified in the regulations;
(b)provision about the keeping of records of polygraph sessions;
(c)provision about the preparation of reports on the results of polygraph sessions.
(3)The measurement and recording of the physiological reactions of an individual while being questioned in the course of a polygraph examination must be done by means of equipment of a type approved by the Secretary of State.
(4)The following may not be used in evidence against the individual in any proceedings for an offence—
(a)any statement made by the individual while participating in a polygraph session;
(b)any physiological reaction of the individual while being questioned in the course of a polygraph examination.
(5)In this paragraph—
“polygraph examination” means a procedure in which—
the polygraph operator questions the individual,
the questions and the individual’s answers are recorded, and
physiological reactions of the individual while being questioned are measured and recorded;
“polygraph operator” means the person conducting a polygraph session;
“polygraph session” means a session during which the polygraph operator—
conducts one or more polygraph examinations of the individual, and
interviews the individual in preparation for, or otherwise in connection with, any such examination.
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