{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-171",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-171.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/755",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/171",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "171",
  "heading": "Self-incrimination",
  "text": "(1) In any proceedings in which a court is hearing an application for an order under Part V or VI, no person shall be excused from—\n(a) giving evidence on any matter; or\n(b) answering any question put to him in the course of his giving evidence,\non the ground that doing so might incriminate him or his spouse of an offence.\n(2) A statement or admission made in such proceedings shall not be admissible in evidence against the person making it or his spouse or civil partner in proceedings for an offence other than perjury.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2004 c. 33"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2022/18",
      "affecting_title": "Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/755/article/171",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:31.848331+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}