Part 3 E+W Other provisions about the management of offenders

Polygraph conditions for certain offenders released on licence E+W

30 Use in criminal proceedings of evidence from polygraph sessions E+W

(1) Evidence of any matter mentioned in subsection (2) may not be used in any proceedings against a released person for an offence.

(2) The matters so excluded are—

(a) any statement made by the released person while participating in a polygraph session; and

(b) any physiological reactions of the released person while being questioned in the course of a polygraph examination.

(3) In this section “polygraph examination” and “polygraph session” have the same meaning as in section 29.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 30 in force at 19.1.2009 by S.I. 2009/32, art. 2