Ancillary orders toolkit - Crown Prosecution Service

• the person to whom the obligation of confidence is owed consentsto the disclosure or production; or• the requirement is made by, or in accordance with a specificauthorisation given by, the Investigating Authority.There are restrictions as to the use of the statement once it has beenmade by a person. It cannot be used in evidence against the person whowas subject to a Disclosure Notice in any criminal proceedings unlesshe/she is being prosecuted for an offence in connection with theDisclosure Notice (section 67 SOCPA) or an offence under section 5 ofthe Perjury Act 1911.It can be used however if the person is being prosecuted for some otheroffence and the person, when giving evidence in the proceedings,makes a statement inconsistent with the relevant statement, and in theproceedings evidence relating to the relevant statement is adduced, or aquestion about it is asked, by or on behalf of the person.Back to Contents