For the purpose of obtaining information to help it in carrying out its functions under section 160A the court may at any time order an interested person to give it information specified in the order.
An order under this section may require all or a specified part of the information to be given in a specified manner and before a specified date.
If an interested person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with an order under this section the court may draw such inference as it believes is appropriate.
Subsection (4) does not affect any power of the court to deal with the person in respect of a failure to comply with an order under this section.
If the prosecutor accepts to any extent an allegation made by an interested person—
the court may treat the acceptance as conclusive of the matters to which it relates.
For the purposes of this section an allegation may be accepted in a manner ordered by the court.
If the court makes an order under this section it may at any time vary it by making another one.
No information given by a person under this section is admissible in evidence in proceedings against that person for an offence.