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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002/section-197",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/40",
  "legislation_title": "Enterprise Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002",
  "path": "section/197",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "197",
  "heading": "Restriction on use of statements in court",
  "text": "(1) A statement by a person in response to a requirement imposed by virtue of section 193 or 194 may only be used in evidence against him—\n(a) on a prosecution for an offence under section 201(2); or\n(b) on a prosecution for some other offence where in giving evidence he makes a statement inconsistent with it.\n(2) However, the statement may not be used against that person by virtue of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) unless evidence relating to it is adduced, or a question relating to it is asked, by or on behalf of that person in the proceedings arising out of the prosecution.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/40/section/197",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:09:23.548614+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}