SCHEDULES

C4C3C2C1 SCHEDULE 7 Port and Border Controls

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Sch. 7 modified (30.9.2020 immediately after the entry into force of S.I. 2020/915, art. 5) by The Channel Tunnel (Arrangements with the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/916), arts. 1(3), 6

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Sch. 7 modified by S.I. 1994/1405, art. 7 (as amended (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/915), arts. 1(3), 11)

Power to stop, question and detain

F15A

1

An answer or information given orally by a person in response to a question asked under paragraph 2 or 3 may not be used in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings.

2

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply—

a

in the case of proceedings for an offence under paragraph 18 of this Schedule,

b

on a prosecution for perjury, or

c

on a prosecution for some other offence where, in giving evidence, the person makes a statement inconsistent with the answer or information mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).

3

An answer or information may not be used by virtue of sub-paragraph (2)(c) unless—

a

evidence relating to it is adduced, or

b

a question relating to it is asked,

by or on behalf of the person in the proceedings arising out of the prosecution.

4

In sub-paragraph (2)(b) the reference to a prosecution for perjury is—

a

in the case of England and Wales, a reference to a prosecution for an offence under section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911;

b

in the case of Northern Ireland, a reference to a prosecution for an offence under Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1714 (N.I. 19)).