EVIDENCE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1991 - SECT 53 Police interview audiovisual recording—notice

EVIDENCE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1991 - SECT 53

    (1)     This section applies if the prosecutor in a relevant proceeding intends to tender an audiovisual recording as evidence.

    (2)     The prosecutor must give to the accused person or the person's lawyer—

        (a)     written notice that the prosecutor intends to tender the audiovisual recording; and

        (b)     a copy of a transcript of the recording.

    (3)     The notice must state the following:

        (a)     each audiovisual recording the prosecutor intends to tender;

        (b)     that the accused person and the person's lawyer are entitled to see and listen to each recording at a police station or somewhere else decided by the chief police officer;

        (c)     the person responsible (the responsible person ) for arranging access to each recording.

    (4)     For subsection (3) (c), the notice must state the responsible person by—

        (a)     naming the person; or

        (b)     stating the occupant of a position prescribed by regulation.