75Provisions relating to requirements to provide records, information or answer questions

75 Provisions relating to requirements to provide records, information or answer questions

75 Provisions relating to requirements to provide records, information or answer questions

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

(2) A person is not excused from a requirement under this Division to provide 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 Division is not admissible in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings (except proceedings for an offence against this Division) 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 the relevant 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 Division 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 Division is not inadmissible on the ground—

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

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

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