Section 26Part 2 — The Financial Reporting Authority
Defendant ’ s response to statement of information
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Where the Director of Public Prosecutions gives the court or summary court a statement of information and a copy is served on the defendant, the court may order the defendant —
to indicate, within the period it orders, the extent to which that person accepts each allegation in the statement; and
so far as that person does not accept such an allegation, to give particulars of any matters that person proposes to rely on.
Where the defendant accepts to any extent an allegation in a statement of information the court or summary court may treat that person’s acceptance as conclusive of the matters to which it relates for the purpose of deciding the issues referred to in section 25 (2) or (4) as the case may be.
Where the defendant fails in any respect to comply with an order u nder subsection (1) that person may be treated for the purposes of subsection (2) as accepting every allegation in the statement of information apart from —
any allegation in respect of which that person has complied with the requirement; and
any a llegation that that person has benefited from that person’s general or particular criminal conduct.
For the purposes of this section an allegation may be accepted or particulars may be given in a manner ordered by the court.
The court or summary court may vary an order made under this section at any time.
An acceptance under this section that the defendant has benefited from conduct shall not be admissible in evidence in proceedings for an offence. 2