(1)After section 261 of the 1995 Act there is inserted—
(1)Evidence of a statement to which this subsection applies is not inadmissible as evidence of any fact contained in the statement on account of the evidence’s being hearsay.
(2)Subsection (1) applies to a statement made by the accused in the course of the accused’s being questioned (whether as a suspect or not) by a constable, or another official, investigating an offence.
(3)Subsection (1) does not affect the issue of whether evidence of a statement made by one accused is admissible as evidence in relation to another accused.”.
(2)The title of section 261 of the 1995 Act becomes “Statements by co-accused”.