Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022

Relationship between investigation and criminal proceedings

63. (1) If a sanction is imposed on a person under section 49 (2) or sections 50 , 52 or 53 , as the case may be, and the improper conduct in respect of which the sanction is imposed is an offence under this Act, the person is not liable to criminal proceedings under this Act for the offence in respect of the matter concerned.

(2) An acknowledgment of an infringement of this Act by a person in an investigation under section 45 or oral hearing under section 49 is not admissible against the person in criminal proceedings other than criminal proceedings for an offence under section 47(15) or subparagraph (10) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 .