PART 5Compliance monitoring

Admissible evidence49.

(1)

An answer given by a person in compliance with article 47(1)(c)(ii) is admissible in evidence—

(a)

in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, against that person in any proceedingsF1,

(b)

in Scotland, against that person in criminal proceedings.

(2)

In criminal proceedings in which the person referred to in paragraph (1) is charged with an offence, no evidence relating to the person’s answer may be adduced and no question relating to it may be asked by, or on behalf of, the prosecution unless evidence relating to it has been adduced by, or on behalf of, the person.

(3)

Paragraph (2) does not apply to an offence under—

(a)

section 5 of the Perjury Act 191143F1,

(b)

section 44(2) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 199544F1, or

(c)

article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 197945.