Notwithstanding anything in section 78 of this Act or in any other enactment or in any rule of law, no notification of any accident, and no information concerning any accident, given by an employer to his insurer or to an Inspector of Factories pursuant to this section, and no report of the accident given by the employer or his insurer to the Government Statistician, shall be admissible as evidence in any Court or before any person acting judicially within the meaning of the Evidence Act 1908, except with the consent of the employer or in proceedings for an offence against subsection (1) of section 119 of this Act.

Notwithstanding anything in subsection (5) of this section, the fact that any report, information, or notification as mentioned in that subsection has or has not been made or given shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings for an extension of time under the Limitation Act 1950 or under subsection (4) of section 53 of this Act.”