{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/section-30A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998/section-30A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/41",
  "legislation_title": "Competition Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998",
  "path": "section/30A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30A",
  "heading": "Use of statements in prosecution",
  "text": "(1) A statement made by a person in response to a requirement imposed by virtue of any of sections 26, 27 to 28A and 40ZD may not be used in evidence against him on a prosecution for an offence under section 188 of the Enterprise Act 2002 unless, in the proceedings—\n(a) in giving evidence, he makes a statement inconsistent with it, and\n(b) evidence relating to it is adduced, or a question relating to it is asked, by him or on his behalf.\n(2) A statement by an individual in response to a requirement imposed by virtue of section 26A (a “section 26A statement”) may only be used in evidence against the individual—\n(a) on a prosecution for an offence under section 44, or\n(b) on a prosecution for some other offence in a case falling within subsection (3).\n(3) A prosecution falls within this subsection if, in the proceedings—\n(a) in giving evidence, the individual makes a statement inconsistent with the section 26A statement, and\n(b) evidence relating to the section 26A statement is adduced, or a question relating to it is asked, by or on behalf of the individual.\n(4) A section 26A statement may not be used in evidence against an undertaking with which the individual who gave the statement has a connection on a prosecution for an offence unless the prosecution is for an offence under section 44.\n(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), an individual has a connection with an undertaking if he or she is or was—\n(a) concerned in the management or control of the undertaking, or\n(b) employed by, or otherwise working for, the undertaking.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 30A inserted (20.6.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 198, 279; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 30A renumbered as s. 30A(1) (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 39(5), 103(3); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(b) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 30A(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/93, reg. 7A (as inserted by The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1343), regs. 1(1), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 30A(2)-(5) inserted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 39(7), 103(3); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(b) (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/41/section/30A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:18.972999+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."
}