CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 15YH Represented defendants--cross - examination of vulnerable persons

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 15YH

  (1)   A defendant in a proceeding who is represented by counsel is not to cross - examine, except through counsel, a person to whom subsection   (2) applies.

Note:   A person is not to cross - examine certain persons at committal proceedings or proceedings of a similar kind--see section   15YHA.

  (2)   This subsection applies to the following persons:

  (a)   for a child proceeding--a child witness;

  (b)   for a vulnerable adult proceeding--a vulnerable adult complainant;

  (c)   for a special witness proceeding--a special witness for whom an order under subsection   15YAB(3) is in force for this section.