48Provisions relating to requirements to provide documents or information or answer questions

#### 48 Provisions relating to requirements to provide documents or information or answer questions 48 Provisions relating to requirements to provide documents or information or answer questions > > (1) Warning to be given on each occasion A person is not guilty of an offence under section 49 (Offences relating to inspections) of failing to comply with a requirement under this Act to provide documents or information or to answer a question unless the person was warned on that occasion that a failure to comply is an offence. > > > (2) Self-incrimination not an excuse A person is not excused from a requirement under this Act to provide documents or information or to answer a question on the ground that the document, information or answer might incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty. > > > (3) Information or answer not admissible if objection made However, any information provided or answer given by a natural person in compliance with a requirement under this Act is not admissible in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings (except proceedings for an offence against section 49) if— > > > > > (a) the person objected at the time to doing so on the ground that it might incriminate the person, or > > > > > (b) the person was not warned on that occasion that the person may object to providing the information or giving the answer on the ground that it might incriminate the person. > > > (4) Documents admissible Any document provided by a person in compliance with a requirement under this Act is not inadmissible in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings on the ground that the document might incriminate the person. > > > (5) Further information Further information obtained as a result of a document or information provided or an answer given in compliance with a requirement under this Act is not inadmissible on the ground— > > > > > (a) that the document or information had to be provided or the answer had to be given, or > > > > > (b) that the document or information provided or answer given might incriminate the person.