29Provisions relating to requirements to furnish records, information or answer questions

29 Provisions relating to requirements to furnish records, information or answer questions

(1)  A person is not guilty of an offence of failing to comply with a requirement under this Act to provide records or information or to answer a question unless the person was warned on that occasion that a failure to comply is an offence.

(2)  A person is not excused from a requirement under this Act to provide any records or information, or to answer a question, on the ground that the record, information or answer might incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.

(3)  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 under this Act) 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)  Any record 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 record might incriminate the person.

(5)  Further information obtained as a result of a record or information provided or of an answer given in compliance with a requirement under this Act is not inadmissible on the ground that –

(a) the record or information had to be provided or the answer had to be given; or

(b) the record or information provided or answer given might incriminate the person.

(6)  This section extends to a requirement under this Act to state a person’s name and address.