{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002/section-198",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002/section-198.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/40",
  "legislation_title": "Enterprise Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002",
  "path": "section/198",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "198",
  "heading": "Use of statements obtained under Competition Act 1998",
  "text": "In the 1998 Act, after section 30 there is inserted—\n“ Use of statements in prosecution\n30A A statement made by a person in response to a requirement imposed by virtue of any of sections 26 to 28 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.”",
  "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/198",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:50.931325+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."
  }
}