Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)

Part 2 Investigations, prosecutions, proceedings and proceeds of crime

Chapter 4 Protection of witnesses and other persons

90 Protection from liability

(1) This section applies if—

(a) arrangements are made for the protection of a person under section 82(1), and

(b) the protected person assumes a new identity in pursuance of the arrangements.

(2) No proceedings (whether civil or criminal) may be brought against a person to whom this section applies in respect of the making by him of a false or misleading representation if the representation—

(a) relates to the protected person, and

(b) is made solely for the purpose of ensuring that the arrangements made for him to assume a new identity are, or continue to be, effective.

(3) The persons to whom this section applies are—

(a) the protected person;

(b) a person who is associated with the protected person;

(c) a protection provider;

(d) a person involved in the making of arrangements under section 82(1) or in the implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements.